Kniphofia 'Sunningdale Yellow'
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• common names: torch lily, red-hot poker
• flowering season: June and July
• height: 3 feet or a bit taller
• Light requirements: full sun, half a day of sun will do
• Soil requirements: average to rich and well drained
• Water requirments: will survive in a dry landscape although it will grow better and flower more profusely with weekly deep watering during summer
• Growth habit: a slowly widening clump
• How to propagate: divide in spring or early summer
• Leaf type: narrow and moderately long
• Ways to use it: grows well with other flowering perennials in the sunny garden; grows well in a large pot on a terrace or deck where it will attract hummingbirds up close to you house
• Special characteristics: its upright, spiky flowers have lots of character and are a focal point among other flowering plants, especially contrasting nicely with mounding and cushion shaped perennials; it doesn't need much care once planted other than regular watering; gardeners in climates colder than USDA Zone 6 should give it winter protection such as covering with a mulch or a large basket turned upside down and weighed down with a large rock on top
• Other points of interests: its flowers produce lots of nectar that attracts both hummingbirds and various songbirds that will cling to the stems to sip the nectar
This flowers in early summer and reaches a height of three feet or slightly more. There are similarities in its early season and flower color with the variety, 'Yellow Hammer,' that we also grow. The differences are, that for 'Sunningdale Yellow,' the green buds turn to yellow more quickly, and the flower head is narrower. It flowers for about six weeks with some additional light flowering towards autumn. USDA Zones 6 - 9, and to zone 10 in the West.