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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
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Sorry, you cannot proceed to the checkout right now as we are having to limit the number of orders we can process each hour. Your basket will be saved for you - we ask that you please try to place your order later, and thank you for your patienceKNIPHOFIA 'Ice Queen'
Commonly known as Red hot poker, Torch lily, Tritoma
A very nearly white cultivar. Pale cream flowers from green buds. Ages to white
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Evergreen
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Cream - pale cream -
Height - 1.5m (5ft) -
Spread - 75cm (30in)
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Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial - robust, clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial. Produces erect spikes of dense, tubular flowers to 40cm (16in) long
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Herbaceous - Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
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Hardy - very cold winter - Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F) -
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Additional Features - Good to know - - wildlife plant. Attracts bees, butterflies and other insects -
Pests & Diseases - slugs, snails, aphids, thrips -
Place of origin - southern and tropical Africa, Madagascar, Arabia. Garden origin. Alan Bloom, Bressingham -
Flower Shape - Spikes -
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Hardiness - Fully hardy -
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Seasonal Interest - Summer -
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil - - humus-rich, preferably sandy
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Wildlife - Bee friendly - -
Rabbit Resistant
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Kniphofia - Care Guide
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