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Red Hot Poker Plant - Description
- Red Hot Poker Plant
- Tall, Perennial Flower
- Fiery Red & Orange Blooms From Mid Summer
- Flowers From Mid Summer into Autumn
- Kniphofia Uvaria 'Papaya Popsicle'
- Herbaceous Perennial: Comes Back Year After Year
- Potted Red Hot Poker Plants
- Pot Size: 2 Litre Pot
- Current Height: 20cm
Red Hot Poker Plant - Characteristics
- Stately & tall herbaceous perennial
- Final Height: 125cm
- Flowers: Fiery red & orange blooms
- Foliage: Long, thin sword-like leaves, light green / blueish in colour
- Dies back in Winter but comes back every Spring
- Habit: Tall, erect flower stems
- Flowering Period: May to October
- Foliage: Deeply lobed leaves add to plant's interest
Red Hot Poker Plant - Planting Instructions
- Red Hot Pokers prefer a sandy soil or dry soil
- Ideal in well drained soils
- Position in full sun
- Before planting, soak pot for about 3 minutes before planting
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Handle pots with care
- Carefully squeeze side of pots to remove plant
- Position plant in the ground so that the top of root ball is level with existing soil level
- Firm in well
- Soak soil well after planting
- Benefits from support later in the Summer
- Cut back clumps after flowers die back
- To encourage blooms, deadhead as required
- Benefits from addition of a phosphorus based fertiliser
Red Hot Poker Plant - Uses / Location
- Popular plants offer Summer long colour
- Grow towards the back of herbaceous borders
- Suited to growing in 'hot' borders & red planting schemes
- Red Hot Poker Companion Plants include Alliums, Foxgloves, Lavenders & Asters
- For a red planting scheme, plant with Crocosmia, Rubeckia, Heleniums, Lobelia & Cannas
- Can be used as cut flowers
