Red Hot Poker

Did you know

• The torch-like flower spikes open from bottom to top, changing from red at the top to yellow at the base, creating a flame effect.
• Sunbirds in South Africa and hummingbirds in cultivated gardens are the primary pollinators, attracted by the tubular flowers.
• The plant was named after Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, an 18th-century German botanist and physician.
• Red Hot Pokers can live for decades and form large, dramatic clumps that become more impressive with each passing year.
• The leaves were traditionally woven into rope and mats by indigenous peoples of southern Africa.

Color meanings

Uses

• ornamental borders
• hummingbird gardens
• architectural accent plant
• cut flowers