Scientific Name Kniphofia uvaria Common Name Red hot poker

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Characteristics Season summer Height 36-60 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 5-9 Flower Color red, yellow Soil well drained soil Exposure full sun Propagation division in spring, seed North Carolina Regions Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain Comments Hybrid cultivars of Red hot poker are available, which have flowering spikes of pale yellow, ivory, apricot, orange and red. All have long, sword-like basal leaves and tall, upright flowering spikes. It flowers from the bottom upward, and the bright orange flowers fade to yellowish green as they senesce, resulting in a two toned spike with orange flowers at the top and yellowish ones below. Origin Africa

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                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

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