Exposure • Sun

Soil Moisture Needs • Dry

Growth Rate in the Garden • Fast

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant • Rabbit Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies • Hummingbirds

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Summer

Bloom Color • Red • Yellow

Attributes • Rock Garden • Drought Tolerant • Salt Tolerant • Long Blooming • Good Cut Flowers • Easy to Grow • Container

Water Requirements • Prefers well-drained soil • Requires excellent drainage, drought tolerant

Riverbend Nursery (M.S.)

Kniphofia hirsuta 'Fire Dance'

Red Hot Poker

Coral Red and Yellow spike topple above compact, clumping blue-green foliage creates quite the glow to your garden that lasts all summer long.

Kniphofia (nip-foh'-fi-ah)

Family: Liliaceae · Common Name: Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily

Slender stalks topped with dense spikes of vibrant tubular flowers above attractive grass-like foliage. Ideal for perennial, hummingbird or mixed shrub gardens, or as long-lasting cut flowers. Water well while in bloom to prolong flowering.