Red Hot Poker Plant

Their drought-tolerance makes them suitable for use in rock gardens however given their vigor available space should be a consideration when choosing a location.

Red hot poker plant. Red-hot pokers Kniphofia come in a range of warm colours and flower over a long period in summer. This South African native is in the lily family. Both are known as red hot pokers.

One is the aloe a succulent plant from Africa. Traditionally the red hot pokers of my youth flowered in mid-to-late winter but these versatile plants which have been well-hybridised now bloom through summer and range in colour from red to yellow orange and cream. Red hot poker plant are native to South Africa and their scientific or biological name is Kniphofia.

The striking red hot poker plant Kniphofia uvaria is in the Liliaceae family and is also known as poker plant and torch lily. Other names for this showy plant are torch lily and poker plant. The stems rise above the foliage and bear the long colorful blossoms.

This plant is toxic If eaten and can irritate eyes and skin. Plant red hot pokers in front of an evergreen hedge or along the edge of an evergreen tree to show off the colorful flowers. Kniphofia The red Hot Pokers The Red Hot Pokers Kniphofia or Red Hot Pokers are a plant that prefers a position in full sun in a humus rich moist well drained soil.

They are also called tritoma and torch lily. The red hot poker is a showy and dramatic plant. Plant them in clumps to have a greater visual effect instead of one individual plant.

This plant has many names including torch lily tritoma poker plant and knofflers. Species are native to Africa. Kniphofia nɪpˈhoʊfiə is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae first described as a genus in 1794.