Kniphofia northiae
(Broad-leaved Poker)

Family - Asphodelaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - South Africa
Year of Introduction - 1889
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - up to 1.2m
Location - The White Garden

Description: An Evergreen Perennial with an upright, tufted habit. Long, arching leaves are blue-green to grey-green and lanceolate in shape. The leaves are smooth and held at the base of the plant on short, thick stems. Pale orange buds open to pale yellow tubular flowers with long, protruding stamens. The Blooms are held in dense spikes and open from the base of the spike upwards, as a result, the spikes usually have both orange and yellow flowers simultaneously. The flowers are produced in early summer.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Pale orange buds open to pale yellow, tubular flowers with long, protruding stamens. The blooms are held in dense spikes atop thick, vertical stems and are held above the foliage. The flower spikes open from the base and usually have both yellow and orange flowers simultaneously. The flowers are produced in June.

Flower colour: Orange, yellow

Flower shape: Tubular flowers in spikes

Flowering time: June

Foliage:

Long, arching blue-grey to grey-green leaves can reach up to 1.5m in length and are lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in basal rosettes and on short, thick stems.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Lanceolate

Propagation:

Division, seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.