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    KNIPHOFIA northiae
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    KNIPHOFIA northiae

    Commonly known as Giant red hot poker, Torch lily

     AWARD
    Red buds and pale-yellow flowers. Not clump forming
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    1.5 to 2 Litre   - Click to view photo
    Delivery Information
    Available Early Spring 2025
    £14.50  
    MULTIBUY SAVING
    Any 3+ £12.00 each
    Available Early Spring 2025 - 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.
     
    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
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    • Good to know
      Forms thick-stemmed, solitary plants, not clumps. Wildlife plant. Attracts bees, butterflies and other insects
    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs, snails, aphids, thrips
    • Place of origin
      South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu/Natal), Lesotho
    • Evergreen
      Arching, broad, unkeeled, glaucous leaves to 1.5m (5ft) long
    • Yellow
      Pale yellow
    • Racemes
      Spike-like racemes
    • Spikes
    • Border
      Suits a mixed or herbaceous border
    • Fully hardy
      Borderline
    • Entire
    • Lanceolate
    • Height
      1.5m (5ft)
    • Spread
      1.2m (4ft)
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
      Produces flowers from dull red buds in oblong, very dense racemes
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
      Humus-rich, preferably sandy
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
    • Bee friendly
    • Butterfly friendly
    • Rabbit Resistant
    • Mature Size
      1.5m (5ft)
      Herbaceous - guide for size not form Watering Can
        1.2m (4ft)
       
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    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    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
    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
    Vermin & Pest Control
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