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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 rufa 'Rasta'
Commonly known as Red hot poker, Torch lily, Tritoma
Tall growing with long greenish-yellow spikes initially light orange as the flowers open. An unusual colour combination
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Semi-evergreen - Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well. - linear, grass-like dark green leaves
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Yellow - greenish yellow -
Height - 1m (39in)) -
Spread - 45cm (18in)
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Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial - clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial. Produces numerous tubular flowers in spike-like racemes held well above the foliage
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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 - average winter - Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F) -
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Additional Features - Pests & Diseases - - slugs, snails, aphids, thrips -
Place of origin - garden origin -
Flower Shape - Spikes -
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Hardiness - Frost hardy (down to -5) -
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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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