Kniphofia uvaria (common names: Red Hot Poker)

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  • Red Hot Poker [Kniphofia Uvaria]  08.08 (Kniphofia uvaria (Vistabile))
    By Xela
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  • Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker) (Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker))
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  • Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker) close-up (Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker))
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  • Close up of Kniphofia. (Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker))
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Kniphofia uvaria (aka Red Hot Poker)


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Red Hot Poker

Reminders for this plant

Due 7 months ago:

In Xela's garden calendar:
'Lift & divide'

Divide and re-plant overcrowded colonies in spring.

Due 2 months ago:

In Eva_isabella's garden calendar:
'Blomstrer den?'

kommer muligvis først med blomst i 09

In Chrispook's garden calendar:
'Divide/move large kniphofia in woodland bed and near compost heap. move to lower garden. also tie up foliage for wintre.'

They are too big for the smaller beds now,

Due about 1 month ago:

In Xela's garden calendar:
'Mulch'

In autumn remove and compost the faded, flower spikes and apply a deep, dry mulch around the crown of the plant.

Due 3 days ago:

In Chrispook's garden calendar:
'Divide kniphofia'

Move from woodland bed, and divide from compost bed. Tie uo foliage for winter,

Due in 4 months:

In Xela's garden calendar:
'Divide'

Divide and re-plant overcrowded colonies in spring.

Members growing this plant

  • bloomingright
    Bloomingright

    Joined 17 Jan, 2008

    1 plant

  • Chrispook
    Chrispook

    Joined 18 May, 2007

    299 plants

  • eva_isabella
    Eva_isabella

    Joined 6 Apr, 2008

    21 plants

  • Xela
    Xela

    Joined 1 Mar, 2008

    247 plants

  • SsimTee
    Ssimtee

    Joined 5 Apr, 2008

    102 plants

Questions on Kniphofia uvaria

oldshape
Oldshape

Red hot Poker - no flowers this year.

Asked on 26 Jun, 2008 8 replies

Last year we moved to the Isle of Wight. We moved in July. The Garden was was established, and I just left it...to see what we had. The Poker had at least 50 stems last year....this year, none visible and no shoots at the heart. All I have done to the plant is trim the dead leaves and a bit of general husbandry, I did not touch anything near the heart of the plant. Have I got a problem? If so what can I do / not do?
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Comments on Kniphofia uvaria

majeekahead
Majeekahead

6 Feb, 2008

 

ooooh Chris this is absolutely stunning how did you get it to be so perfect? i had a large on of these in my last garden, and it always got pecked at by the birds - never looked like this! and you have really captured it well.

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jacque
Jacque

6 Feb, 2008

 

iv a baby HOT POKER PLANT on my kitchen window sill, im waiting 4 spring2plant it outside,Hope mine grows&looks as wonderful as your?

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Chrispook
Chrispook

6 Feb, 2008

 

I have to admit my husband took this photo. For some reason the birds here don't go for these plants. I think they are too busy feasting on cherries, redcurrants etc.

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Michelle
Michelle

6 Feb, 2008

 

What a blast of colour ! Fantastic. :-)

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LittleLarford
Littlelarford

6 Feb, 2008

 

Wonderful photo. Talking of birds and red hot pokers - a couple of years ago we had a mallard nest in the middle of ours. One day we returned home and found the newly hatched brood chasing mum around the garden!

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maple
Maple

7 Feb, 2008

 

Wonderful plants. I used to love going out year by year and counting the heads on these. More every year - 21 at the last count before we moved. I could have cried when I saw that the new owners had dug them up and thrown them away

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MikeC
Mikec

23 Feb, 2008

 

Maple, I would have been very upset to say the least. I love these. Mike C

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jacque
Jacque

29 May, 2008

 

My Hot Poker is growing well now but i dont think it will flower this year:(

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jacque
Jacque

1 Jun, 2008

 

This is lovely Chris my Poker is all leaf @ mo but is grown fast now!

Helofadigger
Helofadigger

1 Jun, 2008

 

Stunning plants I sure hope mine get as big as yours.Hel.xxx.

treesandthings
Treesandthi..

1 Jun, 2008

 

I bought some of these for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Fingers crossed they will look just as good.

Xela
Xela

2 Jun, 2008

 

So's mine, Jacque. Think I should have split the clump last year :-(

Sid
Sid

27 Jun, 2008

 

Sorry, no suggestions on this one, but my kniphofia is also not flowering this year (it has sent up just one flw spike - usually has plenty). I wonder if the weather has something to do with it? Been pretty gloomy here for a while - no really high temperatures for a while and v wet last summer. I wonder?

ALso, watch out for slugs as they do target the flower stems and buds.

oldshape
Oldshape

27 Jun, 2008

 

The weather here has been mild. Slugs n Snails - possibly. But there isn't even a trace of a "Chewed" stem anywhere in the heart of the plant. The base of the plant(s) is about the size of a dining table. As I said, last year it had about 50 spikes.
I had one fail like this in the last house. I wonder if it doesn't like my (Not so green) fingers?

Sid
Sid

27 Jun, 2008

 

So odd - mine is much smaller than yours, but still..... Sorry I can't help :-(

oldshape
Oldshape

18 Jul, 2008

 

Update.
Here we are, 3 weeks since I posted.
I have 26 visible flower stems now, I swear they came out between Tuesday and Wednesday!!!
This is only half the plant, I can see just as many more just starting out in the heart.

They are about 5 weeks behind last year, I thought it was a much greater time delay.

Phew.

Sid
Sid

19 Jul, 2008

 

Hi Oldshape - I'm glad you posted again, as I felt I'd given you some mis-information! In fact, mirroring what you've said, my Kniphofia too has flowered well since you asked your question. I just posted pictures of it yesterday - you will find them easily if you go to my pictures page. As you will see, after a faultering start, it has done really well! Very odd!!!!

oldshape
Oldshape

19 Jul, 2008

 

Sid, I looked at your pictures, V nice.

Technical bit: -
Yours is red all over, I have a yellow bottom.
(I'll say that again!)

Your Kniphofia flower is all red, mine have the yellow underside. Is that a soil thing, or a different genre?

Sid
Sid

23 Jul, 2008

 

Te he - you might like to get some cream for that!

No, the colour is due to the variety - most do have the yellow bottom tho. Mine is K. 'Northern Lights', tho I haven't seen it sold since. I bought it blind, not knowing what colour it would be. Nice surprise :-)

oldshape
Oldshape

27 Jul, 2008

 

56 blooms and counting!

oldshape
Oldshape

27 Jul, 2008

 

Sid et al,
as promised, pictures of my poker in bloom. 56 blooms and about 12 more green ones underneath. But, by the time they get out, some of the flowering ones will be dead so I reckon this was the best time to photograph.

Janette
Janette

27 Jul, 2008

 

Looks great never seen so many on one plant

oldshape
Oldshape

27 Jul, 2008

 

Thanks Janette, it may have started as one plant but I think it's as old as me! It would easily divide, but why bother?.....it's happy there and I'm happy to leave it there.

Ediegirl
Ediegirl

27 Jul, 2008

 

I've always wanted one of those. Seems like I say that about all plants
Looks wonderful

Janette
Janette

27 Jul, 2008

 

It must be very happy Oldshape The most I.ve had on mine is eight ,but its still only little I grew them from seed last year ,

jacque
Jacque

27 Jul, 2008

 

Wow Hope My Red Hot Poker Gets as Big&As Wonderful as yours Oldshape :)

Sid
Sid

28 Jul, 2008

 

It's definately a hum-dinger, Oldshape! Thanks for posting a pic. :-)

Gillian
Gillian

28 Jul, 2008

 

They certainly seem to like something about where they are planted!

oldshape
Oldshape

28 Jul, 2008

 

Yes Gillian, they do.
I hope they like it next year because there was a wall about 8 feet from them, I had to pull the wall down in March.......and it was a windshield. Mind you, the flower heads are higher than the wall was, and there is plenty of foliage to protect the centre so here's hoping that next July I'll get an equal display.

Members' notes...

bloomingright
Bloomingright

I have small red hot pokers available. Will grow very quickly, as they are already growing away quite happilly and well rooted.

Chrispook
Chrispook

Planted 2005. About 8 plants from a friend. Grew very quickly. In 2006 had to move 2 because too big for their position. These divided into about 12 plants which I put in lower garden near pond. Grew very tall too, flower stalks over 6 ft. They really like it here.

eva_isabella
Eva_isabella

Plantet forår 08 ved hegnet ind mod togbanen, kommer muligvis først med blomst i 2009

Max. højde: 1.00
Bladfarve: grøn
Blomster: Gul/orange
Blomstringstidspunkt: august-september
Vækst: Moderat til Normal vækst
Lysforhold: sol
Jordbund: Middel / Nærringsrig / Drænet

Xela
Xela

well drained soil

full sun

red with yellow

Flowering July - Sept

height 2.5 - 5'

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