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Notes About :Kniphofia

KNIPHOFIA RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY. Despite their common name, most red hot pokers are not red. They are still becoming more and more popular, however, because of their drought tolerance and the vertical element they bring into the garden design. They are not picky with soil as long as it drains.

Kniphofia 'Alcazar'  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 6 June-July - 4 ft. $7.80  
SALE! Reg. 9.75. A stately plant with dark, rich green foliage and large flower spikes; dark orange red buds opening to bright orange. Blooms again after July if watered and fed. One of the hardiest ones.

Kniphofia 'Bressingham Comet'  ()
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 6 Aug.-Oct. - 24-30" $7.00  
SALE! Reg. 8.75. A very floriferous variety with grassy foliage and bright tangerine flowers, perfect to brighten up a dull fall day. Imagine this on a sunny day!

Kniphofia 'Little Maid'  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
3 1/2" 7 June-Sept. - 18-24" $6.20  
SALE! Reg. 7.75. A dwarf and relentless bloomer. Pale green buds open to pale yellow and aging to ivory, poking out of grass-like foliage. Well drained soil.

Kniphofia 'Nancy's Red'  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 6 July-Aug. - 24" $7.80  
SALE! Reg. 9.75. Despite their common name, most red hot pokers are not red. This makes 'Nancy's Red' one of the reddest of them all, without the bottom of the flowers turning yellow. Foliage is rather short and grass-like. Easy to grow in most well drained soils, clumping up to nice sized plants. 3 plants left.

Kniphofia pauciflora  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 7 May-June - 18" $7.80  
SALE! Reg. 9.75. Now extinct in wild, produces slender pokers with coral buds sparsely arranged on the flowering stem, opening to flared tubular flowers of yellow for a long period. One of the earliest to bloom and reblooms later again in the season.

Kniphofia 'Percy's Pride'  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 5 Aug.-Sept. - 3-4 ft. $9.75  
Very impressive! Large, thick flower heads, green-yellow in bud, opening to pale yellow-green/cream. Blooms twice here, very hardy. Currently sold out - new crop available in May.

Kniphofia 'Shining Scepter'  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 7 June-July - 30-36" $7.00  
SALE! Reg. 8.75. An incredible bright color; starting as tangerine and turning into glowing golden-orange. Not red hot but definitely hot. Dark grass-green foliage enhances the color. May currently be shipped as bare root divisions.In pots available after mid May.

Kniphofia soft apricot  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 7 June-July - 30-36" $7.80  
SALE! Reg. 9.75. Kindly shared with us by Mike Snyder of Portland, OR. He didn't have the name to go with it but thought we should have some. Out of a tidy clump of lush-green leaves appear spikes with green buds, opening to a soft apricot color. Excellent in combination with a purple leaved shrub or tree in the background.

Kniphofia 'St. Gallen'  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 5 July-Sept. - 4 ft. $9.20  
SALE! Reg. 11.50. A new variety from Switzerland. It looks like 'Bressingham Comet', but twice as big in all parts. Needless to say, it's very hardy with an origin like that.

Kniphofia thompsonii var. thompsonii  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 7 July-Sept. - 3-4 ft. $7.00  
SALE! Reg. 8.75. For all those of you that can't grow Aloe in the garden, we have this unusual "poker" for you. The soft coral-orange tubular flowers are widely spaced so they look like anything but a Kniphofia. At the nursery, they bloom from mid summer onwards into fall; a late flower stem (mid November) even survived frost in the mid 20s unscathed. For well drained soil. Spreading.

Kniphofia trinagularis apricot form [K. galpinii]  (RED HOT POKER, TORCH LILY)
Pot Size Zone ? Season Exposure Height Price Quantity
4" 7 Aug.-Sept. - 24-30" $7.80  
SALE! Reg. 9.75. [Syn.: K. galpinii] An extremely variable species (and is variable indeed) with flowers form bright apricot to dark orange red. This particular one we offer here we received originally from Collector's Nursery. It has bright apricot to tangerine-yellow flowers, opening from green buds. The leaves are upright and grass-like, typical for this species.

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