Red Hot Poker, Torch lily, Poker Plant
Scientific Name: Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Hooker
Synonym: Tritoma uvaria
Family: Asphodelaceae ...
Red Hot Poker, Common Torch Lily, Torch Lily, Tritoma
Of the 60 to 70 known species, only Kniphofia uvaria is available in nurseries.
Lesotho red hot poker at Kew
Lesotho red hot poker is grown as part of the Living Collection at both Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place.
Red Hot Poker grows two to five feet high, depending upon variety. The leaves are long, thin and dagger-like. They produce flowered spikes from spring through fall, as long as you deadhead the spent spikes.
Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker)
Kniphofia or Hot Poker are similar to Foxtails (Eremurus spp.) and make numerous tubular flowers on showy and ornamental tall flower stalks from a perennial fleshy rootstock.
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Red Hot Poker - Semi-evergreen perennial to 18-24" tall and wide w/coral red flowers in summer. Full sun. occasional to regular H20. Hardy
Kniphofia northiae ...
Red hot poker (Kniphofia cvs.)
Zone 5
Height, 75 cm to 1 m; spread, 45 to 60 cm
Description: Grasslike foliage topped with showy flower spikes in yellow, orange or red (some cultivars exhibit all three from early summer to early fall) ...
Red Hot Poker at RHS Rosemoor
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'Red Hot Poker' is the local nickname for these bold, handsome plants. The thick, almost succulent leaf blades are evergreen, and of interest even when the cylindrical flower spikes are absent. Heat and drought tolerant.
Pfitzer's Red Hot Poker
or Torch Lily
My great-grandmother had red-hot-pokers (Kniphofia uvaria) at the head of a long dirt lane beside a boulder.
Nancy's Red Red Hot Poker [English]: Kniphofia 'Nancy's Red'
Nancy's Red Torch Lily [English]: Kniphofia 'Nancy's Red'
Nancybelle Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Nancybelle'
Nancys Blush Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Nancy's Blush' ...
In Victoria, small populations of red hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria) have invaded dry coastal vegetation, heathlands and heathy woodlands along the southern coast.
Kniphofia (pronounced /nɪpˈhoʊfiə/)[1] (Tritoma, Red hot poker, Torch lily, Poker plant) is a genus of plants in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae,[2] that includes 70 or more species native to Africa.
Kniphofia uvaria 'Flamenco' Red Hot Poker, 'Flamenco'
annual, easy care
created by ladybug
zones: 5a thru 10b ...
Kniphofia uvariaRed Hot Poker
Lantana species Lantana
Lavandula x intermedia Provence Lavender
Liatris species Gayfeather
Limonium latifolium Sea Lavender
Nepeta species Catmint
Oenothera species Evening Primrose, Sundrops ...
Moisture-conserving thick, typically furry or hairy leaves are lance-shaped. Pretty planted with lavender and red hot poker (Kniphofia 'Bressingham Comet').
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Epimedium (Fairy Wings), Farfugium (Leopard Plant), Ferns (Hardy garden types), Habranthus (Rain Lilies), Hedychium (Ginger Lily), Hellebore (Lenten Rose), Hibiscus - hardy perennials, Hosta (Hosta Lilies), Iris species, Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker), ...
Kniphofia - The Red Hot Poker
Ligularia. Happy at water's edge so damp conditions no problem.
Lobelia cardinalis types. Have photographed these, year after year in boggy conditions.
Lysimachia nummularia.
 See also: Green, Kniphofia, Lily, Hibiscus, Grass
  
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