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Kniphofia thomsonii
Also called Thomson's Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia thomsonii is a clump-forming perennial with grassy leaves and orange-red flower spikes, native to the African Great Lakes region. Give it full sun, free-draining soil and water when the top of the soil dries out.
Kniphofia thomsonii, called Thomson's red-hot poker, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae, native to the Great Lakes countries of Africa. Its cultivar 'Stern's Trip' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kniphofia thomsonii 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.
