Growing White Hot Pokers

Tips for Good Pokers

• Kniphofia known as Red Hot Pokers come in a range of colours including reds, oranges, yellows and white.
• The sword like, strappy leaves, clump together well.
• The plants look good when massed together in clumps.
• Pokers are generally hardy herbaceous perennials -try Kniphofia Citrina a 3 foot lemon colour or giant 6 foot Royal Castle.
• If space is limited Kniphofia hirsuta is 18 inches high and forms dense, tidy clumps. The flowers are good for cutting.
• If the leaves are untidy in Autumn cut them down to half their height