Kniphofia uvaria |
Native Region: South Africa
Zone Range: 6-9
Preferred Climate: warm temperate
Harvest Date: Sunday 22 August, 2021
Seed count: 25-30
Description:
Evergreen perennial with linear, finely toothed coarse leaves that produces slender, oblong-ovoid racemes of flowers in early autumn. The flowers are red in bud, opening to orange and fading to yellow. Height 4 feet; spread 2 feet.
Notes:
The genus Kniphofia is now in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae.
Cultivation:
For maximum freshness, please keep seed refrigerated in its original packaging until it is time to plant. Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in spring.Grow in deep, fertile, humusy, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Mulch young plants with straw or leaves for the first winter.
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