 Kniphofia 'Corallina' $8.95
- common names: torch lily, red-hot poker
- flowering season: June and July
- height: 2½ to 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
- 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
Bi-colored in an orange-red and creamy yellow. The flowers open in June and July, on two and a half to three foot stems. 'Corallina' grows strongly. USDA Zones 6 - 10, possibly to Zone 5 with protection over winter. |
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