Red Hot Poker Plant Hardiness Zone

Short Description

Spikes topped by narrow, tubular flowers from pale yellow to orange-red.

• Red-hot-poker Plant Details. Liliaceae (Lily Family) Habit: Herbaceous (Non-woody) Flowers: Orange (Reddish-orange) Hardiness Zone: 5. Plant Explorer Link.
• This plant provides color to an otherwise dreary winter garden. Also is deer-resistant. Positive: On Sep 18, 2003, Muzikatz02 from Johannesburg, South Africa wrote: I live in South Africa where the 'red hot poker' grows wild.The firey colour attracts birds and bees and when they are in full flower. It just oozes nectar and this draws the birds.
• Kniphofia Primrose Beauty aka Red Hot Poker. Flower Color is and blooms in. Hardiness zone 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. Characteristics: Butterfly Attracting Plants, Rabbit Resistant Plants, Rain Garden Plants, - Kniphofia Primrose Beauty, buy Kniphofia Primrose Beauty for sale from Plant Delights Nursery, award-winning mail order perennial plants on-line; buy.

Full Description

Not a blowtorch, but close. Spikes glow, blaze open fiery red, then pale and wither. Mixture contains colors not usually available. Use as accents with grasses or sprawling blues and purples. Spice up your hypercums, heleniums and gaillardias. The classic showpiece. GARDEN HINTS: Seeds may be started indoors about 6 weeks before outdoor planting time. In cold areas, protect over winter with a layer of straw mulch. Cultivate or mulch to control weeds.

Indigenous to South Africa, red hot pokers are listed for growing in planting zones 6 through 9, but they can be hardy as far north as zone 5, especially with good drainage and mulch. In cold climates, winterize the plants by covering their crowns with mulch. Varieties of Red Hot Poker.

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Product properties

Sun

Full Sun

Spread

24 inches

Resistant To

Drought

100%

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6-10

Full Sun

42 inches

Plant Hardiness Zone 6a

24 inches

Fall, Summer

Drought

Borders, Container

Spring

Kniphofia

Perennial

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• Attributes:

  Genus:

  Kniphofia

  Species:

  uvaria

  Family:

  Asphodelaceae

  Life Cycle:

  Bulb

  Perennial

  Recommended Propagation Strategy:

  Division

  Seed

  Country Or Region Of Origin:

  South West & South Cape Province

• Whole Plant Traits:

  Plant Type:

  Perennial

  Habit/Form:

  Erect

• Cultural Conditions:

  Light:

  Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

  Soil Drainage:

  Good Drainage

  NC Region:

  Coastal

  Mountains

  Piedmont

  USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:

  5a, 5b, 6b, 6a, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9b, 9a

• Flowers:

  Flower Color:

  Cream/Tan

  Gold/Yellow

  Green

  Orange

  Red/Burgundy

  Flower Inflorescence:

  Spike

  Flower Value To Gardener:

  Showy

  Flower Bloom Time:

  Summer

  Flower Shape:

  Tubular

  Flower Description:

  Flowering spikes of pale yellow, ivory, apricot, orange and red. It flowers from the bottom upward, and the bright orange flowers fade to yellowish green as they senesce, resulting in a two toned spike with orange flowers at the top and yellowish ones below.

• Leaves:

  Leaf Color:

  Green

  Leaf Type:

  Simple

  Leaf Arrangement:

  Rosulate

  Leaf Shape:

  Lanceolate

  Linear

  Hairs Present:

  No

  Leaf Description:

  Long, sword-like, basal

• Stem:

  Stem Is Aromatic:

  No

Hardiness Zones Usa

• Landscape:

  Attracts:

  Butterflies

  Hummingbirds

  Pollinators

  Resistance To Challenges:

  Deer

  Salt