Red hot pokerPerennial, DeciduousFamily: Asphodelaceae
Height: 45cmSpread: 30cm
Hardy
Flower colour:
Yellow
Foliage colour:
Green
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Position
Sun Exposure:
Full sun
Aspect:
South facing, west facing
Soil
Acidic / Chalky / Alkaline / Clay / Heavy / Moist / Well Drained / Light / Sandy
Red hot pokers are instantly recognisable. Their arching clumps of long, narrow foliage form a large mound, from the centre of which upright flower spikes bear the characteristic glowing red and orange flowers. Kniphofia pauciflora is a dwarf red hot poker, bearing slender pokers of bright yellow flowers throughout summer.
Grow Kniphofia pauciflora in moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Team with hot-coloured flowers, and plants such as Eyrisimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’, which thrive in similar growing conditions.
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Kniphofia ‘pauciflora’ and wildlife
Kniphofia ‘pauciflora’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Kniphofia ‘pauciflora’ poisonous?
Kniphofia ‘pauciflora’ has no toxic effects reported.
