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Red Hot Poker Alcazar
Kniphofia 'Alcazar'
Regular price
$18.65
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$18.65
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Description
40-48" tall x 24-36" wide, brilliant 'Alcazar' grows up to 4 feet tall, displaying its signature bright red and yellow flower-spikes. Known as Red Hot Poker or Torch Lily, its flowers are red when freshly-opened and fade to yellow as they age, recalling a candle flame.
'Alcazar' is an excellent choice for creating focal points at the back of the border or in the center of island beds, where their showy blooms will draw in butterflies and hummingbirds.
Growing Tip: An easy to grow plant, Red Hot Poker is from South Africa and requires full sun and sharp-draining soil. While its used to rocky and poor soils, it won't tolerate wet, mushy sites with standing water.
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Overall rating: 4.2352943 / 5 from 17 reviews.
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I was disappointed in the quality of the product for my firs
"Product had no leaves no top just a small unhealthy root. All below the ground."
Among the most delightful of all my wildflowers!
"I get so many comments when these flowers start to bloom in my little flower bed! They are gorgeous!"
Unusual and beautiful plant
"This is now the centerpiece of my butterfly garden, surrounded by milkweed (tuberosa). I appreciate that the flower stalk does not fall over, even though the actual flower is heavy. Hummingbirds love this flower--which is fairly long lasting."
Be Patient and you will be rewarded
"I planted these as soon as I received them and then I waited. I want to add that I planted these in full sun in clay soil in central Texas. The first season I got a little green growth, not a lot. I was really worried that I had made a mistake placing them in the clay, because they were so slow to grow. But alas the following spring/summer season arrived and my little red hot pokers grew more rapidly and every one of them bloomed. I'm very pleased, they really are beautiful. I bought these in hopes of them being deer proof, and the leaves are indeed deer resistant. Sadly though, the flowers are not. The deer must have thought they were a nice popsicle growing just for them, because they ate two of them and then left another lying on the ground for dead. Overall I am pleased with my purchase and I am looking forward to buying a few more once they are back in stock for next year."
Great color . love the no nonsense care
"it makes a great addition to my mixed border. blooms and multiplies without additional watering even this hot dry summer. A really tough plant"
These are fantastic easy to grow
"These are beautiful I use them in abundance The effect is fantastic !!!"
I will buy this product again next yearand try again.
"Received healthy roots and planted ASAP. Plants began growing and were doing so well, I ordered more. Than the rabbits came and were hungry. Eat the leaves half way. How unfortunate. I been keeping the rabbit away (using baby powered) but the damage in done. I got one flower stalk."
Might buy again
"So far all 3 plants have leaves but no evidence of any blooms"
Very bright torches.
"Very bright orange yellow spike bloomed in late July. Only 2 of my 3 tubers survived and only one really grew well and bloomed. I look forward to seeing if they can be a little more vigorous next year."
My flowers were multi-colored now they are solid yellow.
"I purchased a couple of varieties of red hot pokers. Originally all but one were multi-colored, kindof like canycorn, except one was mango colored (orange but closer to yellow than red in the orange spectrum). Now, my blossoms are all 100% yellow. Every plant puts out solid yellow flowers. Is this a pH thing? Could the one Mango plant have caused this? (the blossoms are yellow, not mango) The plants are otherwise healthy and I get a fair number of blossoms and get moderate growth every year. I am happy with this plant but, could be happier with the multicolored blossom."