Kniphofia 'Earliest of All'
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Kniphofia 'Earliest of All'• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common name: torch lily, red hot poker
• flowering season: early summer
• height: 2½ - 3½ feet
• Light requirements: sun
• Soil requirements: average soil that is well drained
• Water requirments: average; watering during summer is recommended
• Growth habit: a clump of linear upright leaves
• How to propagate: dividing in early summer
• Ways to use it: for dramatic effect in a sunny garden
• Special characteristics: the flowers attract birds and bees
This is a lovely, solidly reddish flower whose season is early summer. The flowers reach a height of 2½ - 3½ feet. For a red-hot poker, it is especially winter hardy, surviving to USDA Zone 5. And it grows vigorously. It may rebloom closer to fall if watered regularly through the latter weeks of summer.