General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 18 to 24 inches
Plant Spread: Forms clumps 18 to 24 inches wide.
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Multi-Color: Yellow, red, orange
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
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
Awards and Recognitions: AAS (All-America Selection®): 1999 National

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Common names
  • Red Hot Poker
  • Torch Lily
  • Tritoma

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Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2021-06-05
Location: My garden, KY
Date: July 2020
First year from seed sown March 2020
Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2023-05-26
Only one yellow left at the moment. Extreme heat wiped out an ent
Location: My Cincinnati Ohio garden
Date: 2016-06-07
Kniphofia
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2022-05-10
Red Hot Poker 008
Location: 5b
Date: 2015-06-22
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: June 7, 2014
nice color
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 11 June 2016
Up close on 11 June 2016.
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2018-05-31
2nd year!
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2021-06-18
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2017-06-04
Purchased from Dogwoodritter on Ebay last fall. Transplanted to p
Location: Stanton Hall garden and nursery, Northumberland
Date: 2013-07-17
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2023-08-09
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 2016-06-11
Not quite identical triplets on 11 June 2016.
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 2016-06-01
Spike just beginning to color on 1 June 2016.
Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2021-06-04
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2017-06-04
Another Dogwoodritter purchase. A lovely coral red that I love.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-24
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-24
Location: Stanton Hall garden and nursery, Northumberland
Date: 2013-07-17

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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Location: Pembroke, GA
Date: 2014-01-23
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: Odenton MD
Location: Stuart, OK
Date: 2017-07-10
Winter sowed this year.
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 12 June 2016
In its third year , Flamenco puts up a nice quartet on 12 June 20
Location: my garden zone 7A Cape Cod, MA
Date: 2017-06-26
New plant

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-24
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