Kniphofia x pfitzeri
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Kniphofia x pfitzeri• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common name: torch lily, red hot poker
• flowering season: late summer
• height: 2½ - 3 feet tall
• Light requirements: sun
• Soil requirements: average soil that is well drained
• Water requirments: average
• Growth habit: a clump of linear upright leaves
• How to propagate: dividing in early summer
• Ways to use it: for dramatic effect in a sunny garden
• Special characteristics: the flowers attract birds and bees
Kniphofia x pfitzeri is usually offered as seed-grown plants that bloom in a range of colors. The plants offered by us are identical to each other, and are propagated here by dividing them instead of growing from seeds. The plants grow to 2½ - 3 feet tall. Their flowers are orange-red with a slightly darker, dusky shading to the flowers at the upper portion of the flowerhead. Two points in its favor are being very strong growing and also being more reliably winter hardy than many other Kniphofias. If you live farther north than most red-hot pokers will grow, consider giving this one a try. By carefully choosing where to plant it and possibly protecting the plant over winter with a mulch or with evergreen boughs, it can survive to USDA Zone 5 (-15°F to -20°F). Be sure to plant it before summer is too far along so it has time to settle in before the end of summer. Its parentage is not clearly known. K. x pfitzeri is named for the Pfitzeri Nursery of Stuttgart, Germany where it originated. Click for more information about the history of the Pfitzer Nursery on wikipedia.