By Oldshape
Hi Bev, You should cut them back in the fall. If you don't cut them back, they will still bloom but cutting them back produces more flowers. Check out this article to learn more. Common Name: Red Hot Poker. A 'backdraft' happens when fire explodes with the presence of new oxygen, and this Kniphofia definitely explodes onto the scene of your garden. Very wide flower spikes bear intense reddish orange flowers that open to peachy yellow for a two-tone effect. Apr 3, 2016 - When the appropriate time arrives, you?ll want to learn about cutting back red hot poker plants. For information about exactly when and how to trim a red hot poker plant, click on the following article. The red hot poker is a showy and dramatic plant. If you love growing perennials that give color all summer long, this is the plant for you. Other names for this showy plant are torch lily and poker plant. The botanical name for this plant is kniphofia uvaria and there are more than 70 known species of it. Kniphofia rooperi: A tallish, 1.2m, evergreen hardy red-hot poker for sunny well-drained soils with hot red spikes of flowers carried into autumn. Garden red-hot pokers are hardy perennials.
Hellofa, United Kingdom
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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- 26 Jun, 2008
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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.
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?
So odd - mine is much smaller than yours, but still... Sorry I can't help :-(
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.
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!!!!
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?
Te he - you might like to get some cream for that!
Cutting Back Red Hot Poker Plant
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 :-)
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.
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By Sarahsmaller
Wellington, New Zealand
Hi, my red hot poker plant has just come to the end of flowering. I have read that I should cut the flower stems down as close to the root as possible but what about the leaves? I have trimmed off most of the dead ones but the green leaves are really long-too long to stand erect so they hang in a messy clump and look very untidy. Can I cut them shorter to tidy up or will this kill them? Thanks
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- 29 Aug, 2009
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From Bluestone Perennials - Dead heading may prolong blooming by removing old flower spikes. To improve appearance, cut back foliage by one half. Leave foliage for winter protection and cut back to 3' in spring. Divide in spring.
Cut the flower stems right down, but only cut off around one-third to one-half of the foliage, then mulch around (but not on top of) the plants.
Thanks for that Wagger and Bernieh, was just going to ask the same question, never sure what to do with kniphofia leaves always seem to look messy this time of year wondered if you should cut them back, so thanks, now where are those secateurs :-)
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ALso, watch out for slugs as they do target the flower stems and buds.
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?
So odd - mine is much smaller than yours, but still... Sorry I can't help :-(
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.
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!!!!
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?
Te he - you might like to get some cream for that!
Cutting Back Red Hot Poker Plant
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 :-)
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.
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Hi lo systems. Kniphofia 'Bees Lemon'
£8.50 at BurncooseKniphofia 'Little Maid'
£8.50 at BurncooseKniphofia 'Nancy's Red'
£8.50 at BurncooseKniphofia 'Royal Standard'
£8.50 at Burncoose
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By Sarahsmaller
Wellington, New Zealand
Hi, my red hot poker plant has just come to the end of flowering. I have read that I should cut the flower stems down as close to the root as possible but what about the leaves? I have trimmed off most of the dead ones but the green leaves are really long-too long to stand erect so they hang in a messy clump and look very untidy. Can I cut them shorter to tidy up or will this kill them? Thanks
On plant Kniphofia uvaria
- 29 Aug, 2009
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From Bluestone Perennials - Dead heading may prolong blooming by removing old flower spikes. To improve appearance, cut back foliage by one half. Leave foliage for winter protection and cut back to 3' in spring. Divide in spring.
Cut the flower stems right down, but only cut off around one-third to one-half of the foliage, then mulch around (but not on top of) the plants.
Thanks for that Wagger and Bernieh, was just going to ask the same question, never sure what to do with kniphofia leaves always seem to look messy this time of year wondered if you should cut them back, so thanks, now where are those secateurs :-)
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£8.50 at BurncooseKniphofia 'Little Maid'
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