Poco ‘Sunset’ Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia)
Kniphofia ‘Poco Sunset‘Â USPP28464
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b  Find Your ZoneÂ
Plant Type:Â Deciduous Flowering ShrubÂ
Height at Maturity:Â 15-20″
Width at Maturity:Â 12-15″
Growth Habit / Form:Â Clumping, Grassy, Upright flower stalks
Growth Rate:Â Moderate to Fast
Flower Color:Â Bicolor Orange and RedÂ
Flower Size:Â Large, 6-7 inch tall spikes
Flowering Period:Â Â Summer into Fall
Flower Type:Â Tubular, arranged in spikes
Fragrant Flowers:Â No
Foliage Color:Â Green
Fragrant Foliage:Â No
Berries:Â Â No
Berry Color:Â NA
Attracts:Â Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Visual Attention
Resistances:Â Deer, Disease, Heat, Insect
Description
More compact, multiple crowns, and more floriferous and much longer blooming than other Red Hot Pokers, Poco ‘Sunset’ Kniphofia sports abundant bicolor flower spikes that rise above an attractive clumps of grassy foliage that remains neat throughout the season. In our gardens here in north-central Georgia, the bicolor brilliant red and orange flower spikes begin to appear in June and continue throughout the summer and well into fall. Poco Sunset is perfect selection for smaller garden spaces and containers. A very easy-to-grow and care for perennial that both the hummingbirds and butterflies will thank you for planting this one!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a grassy clump 15 to 20 inches tall and 12 to 15 inches wide, with flower spikes to 24 inches tall, the Poco Sunset Red Hot Poker is ideal for use as an accent or grouping in perennial or landscape borders, especially where there is plenty of sunshine. A fine addition to perennial gardens, rock gardens, tropical look gardens, hummingbird gardens. Xeriscape gardens (low water needs), and red or orange theme gardens.
Suggested Spacing:Â 3 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
Red Hot Poker are very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained to dry soil of average or even poor fertility. Though they will tolerate some light shade, they bloom their best in full to mostly sun. Maintenance is minimal to none. Plants can be cleaned up at the end of winter before ne growth emerges in spring.
Note: In USDA Zone 6 this plant will appreciate a layer of mulch for protection from the cold. Â
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The Poco Sunset Red Hot Poker was out of stock, so I put my name on the email notification list. Ordered it the day we were notified it was back in stock and received it 3 days later. Now 2 weeks later one is already starting to bloom, and it is absolutely stunning! Always worth waiting to get plants from Wilson Brothers Gardens.——————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I ordered two of these for my mom and she is in love! The plants were healthy, lush and well moistened when she removed them from the box. They are now thriving in her garden. She was also very impressed with how well they were packed. I was impressed with how fast they shipped!! I will definitely be back to buy more plants!!———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope your mom enjoys them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG























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