Kniphofia 'Coral'
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Kniphofia 'Coral'• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common names: red-hot poker, torch lily
• flowering season: early summer
• height: 3 to 4 feet
• Light requirements: full sun, half a day of sun will do
• Soil requirements: average to rich and well drained
• Water requirements: will survive in a dry landscape although it will grow better and flower more profusely with regular watering during summer
• Growth habit: grows in a clump
• How to propagate: divide in spring or early summer
• Leaf type: upright, coarsely pointed leaves
• Special characteristics: early blooming and more cold hardy
• Other points of interests: its flowers produce lots of nectar that attract both hummingbirds and various songbirds
Blooming in early summer, the coral colored flowerheads reach a height of three to four feet. Given to us generously by Deborah Whigham and Gary Ratway of Digging Dog Nursery some years ago. Very robust and surviving a greater degree of cold, to USDA Zone 5.