Kniphofia 'Primrose Beauty'
Kniphofia 'Primrose Beauty'• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common names: torch lily, red-hot poker
• flowering season: late summer
• height: 3 feet
• Light requirements: full sun, half a day of sun will do
• Soil requirements: average to rich and well drained
• Water requirments: will survive in a dry landscape although it will grow better and flower more profusely with weekly deep watering during summer
• Growth habit: a slowly widening clump
• How to propagate: divide in spring or early summer
• Leaf type: narrow and moderately long
• Ways to use it: grows well with other flowering perennials in the sunny garden; grows well in a large pot on a terrace or deck where it will attract hummingbirds up close to you house
• Special characteristics: its upright, spiky flowers have lots of character and are a focal point among other flowering plants, especially contrasting nicely with mounding and cushion shaped perennials; it doesn't need much care once planted other than regular watering; gardeners in climates colder than USDA Zone 6 should give it winter protection such as covering with a mulch or a large basket turned upside down and weighed down with a large rock on top
• Other points of interests: its flowers produce lots of nectar that attracts both hummingbirds and various songbirds that will cling to the stems to sip the nectar
'Primrose Beauty' has been available for many years. It survives well in colder parts of the country. Flowering in late summer with stems to three feet, it is a solid lemon yellow with just a hint of green. Our summers are generally cool, and whether we are having a slightly warmer or slightly cooler summer does change the coloring, with their color being a little darker in some years. Cold hardy in USDA Zones 6 to 9, also to zone 10 in the West. And to Zone 5 when planted early enough in the summer to give it enough time to settle in and firmly establish itself before the end of the growing season. And also when properly situated with lots of sun during the summer but with some protection from too much wind and cold weather in the winter.