Kniphofia 'Timothy'
(Red-hot Poker 'Timothy')
Family - Asphodelaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 80cm or more
Width - up to 70cm
Location - The Terrace
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with tall, upright flowering stems that tower over a mound of basal foliage. The mid-green leaves are linear to strap-shaped. Dense flower spikes are composed of tubular Blooms that are pinkish-orange and fade to an attractive shade of coral as they age. The flowers are produced from mid to late summer and are attractive to bees and butterflies.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Pinkish-orange tubular flowers become an attractive shade of coral as they open and age. The blooms are held in dense, upright spikes on bronze stems and are produced in July and August.
Flower colour: Orange
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in spikes
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Rigid, mid-green leaves are linear to strap-shaped and 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.