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Kniphofia 'Royal Standard'
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This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.
Red-hot pokers make rewarding and often long-lived garden plants. Their distinctively-shaped blooms are among the most spectacular of hardy flowers, and their long season means that by careful plant choice gardeners can enjoy them between spring and late autumn. Flower Colour: Cream, Red, Orange, Yellow. Foliage Colour: Green. Flowering Period: July & August. Soil Type: Normal/Loam. Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained. Red hot pokers are grown for their distinctive, usually tall, upright flowers or ‘pokers'. Kniphofia ‘Atlanta' has ‘pokers' that are made up of small orange-red flowers at the top of the ‘poker' and creamy-yellow flowers at the base. Kniphofia 'Royal Standard'red hot poker. This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring. Tall bright and imposing, kniphofias lend height, vibrancy and drama to any garden. 'Royal Standard' produces spikes of bright yellow tubular flowers, scarlet in bud, above clumps of evergreen, strap-like leaves. Kniphofia are better known as red hot pokers. They're easily recognised from their distinctive vertical spikes topped with bottlebrush-like flowers in a range of fiery colours. From red and orange through to yellow and lime green, kniphofia flowers emerge from a clump of long, narrow foliage that's attractive in its own right.
An easy and undemanding plant. Join the RHS today and get 12 months for the price of 9 Join now.
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July to August
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Tall bright and imposing, kniphofias lend height, vibrancy and drama to any garden. 'Royal Standard' produces spikes of bright yellow tubular flowers, scarlet in bud, above clumps of evergreen, strap-like leaves. Originally from South Africa, the elegant, torch-like flowers of kniphofia make vertical accents in a sunny border and look particularly good as part of a scheme based on 'hot' colours. They also look great with a background of ornamental grasses. An easy and undemanding plant. - Garden care: In autumn remove and compost the faded flower spikes and apply a deep dry mulch such as pine needles around the crown of the plant. Avoid excessive winter wet and cut back to the ground in spring to keep the foliage fresh-looking. Divide and replant overcrowded colonies in spring.
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Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia 'Atlanta'
Common Name: Red Hot Poker
Genus:Kniphofia
Cultivar: 'Atlanta'
Named after Johan Hieronymus Kniphof Warning signs of compulsive gambling sites. , a German Professor of Medicine.
Category: Perennials
Growth Rate: Average
Features: Good for wildlife
Hardiness: Hardy | Height: 1.30 m (130 cm) |
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade | Spread: 1.00 m (100 cm) |
Foliage Type: Evergreen | Flower Colour: Cream, Red, Orange, Yellow |
Foliage Colour: Green | Flowering Period: July & August |
Soil Type: Normal/Loam
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
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Red-hot pokers make rewarding and often long-lived garden plants. Their distinctively-shaped blooms are among the most spectacular of hardy flowers, and their long season means that by careful plant choice gardeners can enjoy them between spring and late autumn. Flower Colour: Cream, Red, Orange, Yellow. Foliage Colour: Green. Flowering Period: July & August. Soil Type: Normal/Loam. Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained. Red hot pokers are grown for their distinctive, usually tall, upright flowers or ‘pokers'. Kniphofia ‘Atlanta' has ‘pokers' that are made up of small orange-red flowers at the top of the ‘poker' and creamy-yellow flowers at the base. Kniphofia 'Royal Standard'red hot poker. This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring. Tall bright and imposing, kniphofias lend height, vibrancy and drama to any garden. 'Royal Standard' produces spikes of bright yellow tubular flowers, scarlet in bud, above clumps of evergreen, strap-like leaves. Kniphofia are better known as red hot pokers. They're easily recognised from their distinctive vertical spikes topped with bottlebrush-like flowers in a range of fiery colours. From red and orange through to yellow and lime green, kniphofia flowers emerge from a clump of long, narrow foliage that's attractive in its own right.
An easy and undemanding plant. Join the RHS today and get 12 months for the price of 9 Join now.
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July to August
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Tall bright and imposing, kniphofias lend height, vibrancy and drama to any garden. 'Royal Standard' produces spikes of bright yellow tubular flowers, scarlet in bud, above clumps of evergreen, strap-like leaves. Originally from South Africa, the elegant, torch-like flowers of kniphofia make vertical accents in a sunny border and look particularly good as part of a scheme based on 'hot' colours. They also look great with a background of ornamental grasses. An easy and undemanding plant. - Garden care: In autumn remove and compost the faded flower spikes and apply a deep dry mulch such as pine needles around the crown of the plant. Avoid excessive winter wet and cut back to the ground in spring to keep the foliage fresh-looking. Divide and replant overcrowded colonies in spring.
- Anemanthele lessoniana
- Aster × frikartii 'Mönch'
- Helenium 'Waltraut'
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia 'Atlanta'
Common Name: Red Hot Poker
Genus:Kniphofia
Cultivar: 'Atlanta'
Named after Johan Hieronymus Kniphof Warning signs of compulsive gambling sites. , a German Professor of Medicine.
Category: Perennials
Growth Rate: Average
Features: Good for wildlife
Hardiness: Hardy | Height: 1.30 m (130 cm) |
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade | Spread: 1.00 m (100 cm) |
Foliage Type: Evergreen | Flower Colour: Cream, Red, Orange, Yellow |
Foliage Colour: Green | Flowering Period: July & August |
Soil Type: Normal/Loam
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
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