Kniphofia 'Scorched Corn'
(Red-hot Poker 'Scorched Corn')
Family - Asphodelaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 1.5m
Width - 60cm or more
Location - The Hot Garden
Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial with a mound of Basal Leaves and upright flowering stems. Rigid, mid-green leaves are linear to strap-shaped and will often bend and arch downwards at the middle. Dense flower spikes are composed of tubular Blooms that are orange in bud and quickly fade to creamy white once opened. The flowers are produced from late summer into early autumn and are attractive to bees and butterflies.
Flower:
Many tubular flowers are orange in bud and quickly fade to creamy white once open. The flowers are held in spikes and produced in August and September.
Flower colour: Orange, white
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in spikes
Flowering time: August, September
Foliage:
Rigid, mid-green leaves are linear to strap-shaped. The leaves are held at the base of the plant.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Linear to strap-shaped
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, well drained soil.