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Kniphofia galpinii
Also called Galpins Poker, Orange Flame Poker, Salmon Poker
Kniphofia galpinii is a compact, clump-forming perennial red-hot poker from South Africa and Eswatini, grown for its orange-flame flower spikes in late summer. Give it full sun and free-draining soil, and it will be among the easier pokers to keep.
Kniphofia galpinii, called the Galpin red-hot poker, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Kniphofia, native to Eswatini and South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Broad Leafed Poker · Winter Poker · Alpine Poker · Eswatini Poker · Redhot poker · Poker plant
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kniphofia galpinii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
