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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Seeds take a long time to reach flowering stage.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Torch Lily
  • Red Hot Poker
  • Tritoma

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Location: Hidcote Manor garden, UK
Date: 2016-09-19
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: 2017-01-30
Location: Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto, California
Date: 2023-04-20
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-10-06
a useful, late blooming variety
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: 2022-08-31
Kniphofia rooperi

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