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    KNIPHOFIA rooperi
    © Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only.
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    KNIPHOFIA rooperi

    Commonly known as Red hot poker, Torch lily, Tritoma

    AWARD
    Orange-red spherical flowers becoming orange-yellow
     
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    • Good to know
      Wildlife plant. Attracts bees, butterflies and other insects
    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs, snails, aphids, thrips
    • Place of origin
      South Africa (Eastern cape)
    • Evergreen
      broad, deeply keeled, pointed, leaves to 1.1m (3½ft) long
    • Orange
    • Racemes
      Broadly ellipsoid racemes
    • Spikes
    • Tubular
      3.5-4.5cm (1½-1¾in) long
    • Border
      Ideal for a herbaceous border
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      1.2m (4ft)
    • Spread
      1.2m (4ft)
    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      Robust, rhizomatous perennial.
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • Hardy - cold winter
      Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)
    • Autumn Seasonal Interest
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
      Humus-rich, preferably sandy.
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
    • Bee friendly
    • Rabbit Resistant
    • Mature Size
      1.2m (4ft)
      		 bulb/corm - guide for size not form Watering Can
        1.2m (4ft)
      		  
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    View Planting Combinations
    Alliums and Kniphofia
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    Useful extras...

    Vermin & Pest Control
    Slug Pellets
    Slug killer blue mini pellets are easy to use and give effective control of slugs and snails. Ideal in garden, conservatory or greenhouse.
    800g
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Blood, Fish & Bone
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
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    2.5 kg
    £13.00
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    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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