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    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.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
    • Place of origin
      Southern and tropical Africa.
    • Deciduous
      Leaves usually thin, grass-like,10-100cm (3-39in) long.
    • Evergreen
      Leaves usually broad, keeled or strap-shaped to 1.5m (5ft) long.
    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      Rhizomatous perennials
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • Bee friendly
    • Rabbit Resistant
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    Kniphofia - Care Guide

    Varieties

    KNIPHOFIA 'Alcazar'
    Garnet red
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    KNIPHOFIA 'John Benary'
    Coral-red flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    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.
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    KNIPHOFIA 'Little Maid'
    Pale lemon flower spike about 18 inches tall
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    Available again FEB 2025
    fresh stock in late winter
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    KNIPHOFIA northiae
    Giant red hot poker, Torch lily
    Red buds and pale-yellow flowers. Not clump forming
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    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.
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    KNIPHOFIA 'Poco Orange'
    Dwarf variety with deep orange flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    KNIPHOFIA rooperi
    Red hot poker
    Orange-red spherical flowers becoming orange-yellow
     
    1 to 1.5 Litre
    £14.50
    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.
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    KNIPHOFIA 'Royal Castle'
    Red/yellow flower spike
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    KNIPHOFIA 'Royal Standard'
    Red buds opening to yellow
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    KNIPHOFIA rufa 'Rasta'
    Tall growing with long greenish-yellow spikes initially light orange as the flowers open. An unusual colour combination
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    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.
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    KNIPHOFIA 'Timothy'
    Cream flushed carmine
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50

    Useful extras...

    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
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
    Vermin & Pest Control
    This is a non-biological non-chemical plant insecticide and mildewcide. Works against the physical motion of the insect. Perfect for all plants and edible crops.
    500 ml
    £8.00
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