KNIPHOFIA

Commonly known as Red hot poker, Torch lily, Tritoma

Expanding range of showy pokers for growing in nature-friendly clumps.

Many hybrids have been toned down over time from the original "red hot pokers" and now come in shades of red, orange, yellow, and greenish white.

Genus of about 70 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen rhizomatous perennials from mountainous or upland areas, often in moist places in rough grass or along streamsides in southern and tropical Africa, Madagascar and Arabia.

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FESTUCA glauca 'Elijah Blue' and KNIPHOFIA 'Atlanta'

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KNIPHOFIA 'Alcazar'

Garnet red

1 to 1.5 Litre

£14.50

KNIPHOFIA 'Bees Lemon'

Dense narrow yellow flowers from green buds. Easy to grow

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

KNIPHOFIA citrina

Spikes of cream and lime-green flowers

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

KNIPHOFIA 'Ice Queen'

A very nearly white cultivar. Pale cream flowers from green buds. Ages to white

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

KNIPHOFIA 'John Benary'

Coral-red flowers

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

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KNIPHOFIA 'Lemon Popsicle'

Slender yellow flower spikes.

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

KNIPHOFIA 'Little Maid'

Pale lemon flower spike about 18 inches tall

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

KNIPHOFIA 'Nancy's Red'

A short growing variety less than 2 feet tall with dusky deep coral-red flowers

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

KNIPHOFIA northiae

Giant red hot poker, Torch lily

Red buds and pale-yellow flowers. Not clump forming

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

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KNIPHOFIA 'Poco Orange'

Dwarf variety with deep orange flowers

1.5 to 2 Litre

£14.50

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Available Early Spring 2026
Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.