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Kniphofia 'Little Maid'
Kniphofia 'Little Maid'
Price: $10.00 In Stock

Quart Pot
Famous selection from Beth Chatto in England and among the smaller Pokers, this maid has few rivals. Dense clumps of fine grassy foliage and on mature clumps, lots of spears of creamy white flowers to 18" high. This is easy in the garden and often reblooms. Combining this with some of the dark leafed Dahlias would potentially be a brilliant pairing.
Kniphofia 'Peachy Cheeks' PP20313
Kniphofia 'Peachy Cheeks' PP20313
Price: $12.00 In Stock

Quart Pot
A new dwarf Poker capably standing shoulder-to-shoulder with "Little Maid' in the pantheon of must-have smaller Kniphofia. Not everyone can accommodate some of the behemeths in the clan Poker but there is always room for this tidy compact performer. Peachy cream flowers often re-bloom.
Kniphofia 'Percy's Pride'
Kniphofia 'Percy's Pride'
Price: $12.00 In Stock

Gallon Pot
Percy has every right to be proud of his 'Poker and while his isn't of the Red Hot color, it is nonetheless enviable due to it's large size. Dense grassy bright green clumps support many stems holding aloft large soft yellow torches which fade to white at the base. This is a good garden plant and does great in our border.
Kniphofia bruceae
Kniphofia bruceae
Price: $50.00 In Stock

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This is a rarely offered "Poker" species and these are beefy bare-root divisions from our few big stock plants in the field of which we have just a small number to offer. This is extremely rare and threatened in the wild and was thought extinct until the late 1990's when Cameron McMaster rediscovered 3 small lost populations of this species. Cameron recounting his discovery stated that many of the flower stems were 2 meters tall with the tallest towering over his head at 2.53 meters. From his writings you can tell that he was literally giddy over this important rediscovery as up until that point, this plant was known only from dried herbarium specimens. For the full account from Cameron, check out this link.   Thanks to his efforts, we are able to offer a few of this extremely rare and majestic Kniphofia. This has elegant deep green 3'-4' long leaves and very late fall to early winter flowers which we usually get to enjoy for awhile until we get a killing frost. We are in the rain shadow of the Olympics which means clear skies and so we frost earlier then everyone else but there are lot of folks in mild areas who can wander their garden before sitting down to Thanksgiving turkey and enjoy seeing this Kniphofia in flower. Big flower heads densely packed with florets which are soft yellow in bud and then turn creamy when they open. Named for Mrs. Eileen Bruce who collected it from the type locality in 1954.
Kniphofia ichopensis
Kniphofia ichopensis
Price: $12.00 In Stock

4" Pot
We're pleased to offer this uncommon South African 'Poker. Light butterscotch well-spaced buds open to pale cream, yellowish tones or a tawny orange. There is some seedling variation hence the range of colors. What doesn't vary is the elegance of the flowers with their long tapering wands of florets standing tall above the long dark green broadly grassy foliage. We've been impressed by the established clumps which keep sending up new flowers well after the first flowers have gone to seed. They are in a moist spot and seem to really respond to the extra water.
Kniphofia pauciflora
Kniphofia pauciflora
Price: $12.00 In Stock

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This is a treasure among Pokers. A small statured species with big time bloom from South Africa introduced to the NW by one of the finest small nurseries in the country, Hedgerows Nursery in OR who have now retired and we are diminished as a result. David and Susie grew exceptional plants nearly perfectly and their level of excellence is what we gauge ourselves against. Of course David cheated with that damned English accent. Back to the plant under discussion -this Kniphofia doesn't know the word quit and after a main heavy spring bloom keeps throwing up flowers spikes sporadically throughout the season given ample water and food. This was a rare plant in just a few localities near Durban in South Africa and is now thought to be extirpated in the wild. Not as hardy as some, this benefits from a good mulch if temps drop into the teens in which case it is happy as a clam.
Kniphofia porphyrantha
Kniphofia porphyrantha
Price: $12.00 In Stock

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Our mama plants were collected by Panayoti Kelaidis of the Denver Botanic Garden and it is truly one of the finest Red Hot Pokers. If we had to choose just one Poker, this would be among the ten or 15 we would have to have. Stout gray-green leaves and chunky often reblooming salmon and yellow flowers. The leaves gives this a bold look which is perfect in those gardens wanting a tropical feel. One thing that we really like about this is that it is a deciduous species so a quick cutback and you are good to go in the spring. Panayoti remembers the plants in the wild being a solid color so the bicolor is curious. The seedlings come true so it is one of those things that makes plants interesting.
Kniphofia sarmentosa
Kniphofia sarmentosa
Price: $10.00 In Stock

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This is an unusual Poker in that it is a winter bloomer and flowers can occur anytime during the winter to early spring. They are a nice orange in bud opening to a tawny buff. This winter of 2011-2012 has been ideal for this species as we've scarcely been cold at all and our overwintering hummingbirds would have loved them. Perfect for mild gardens or near a wall. From wild seed.
Kniphofia thomsonii - Triploid Form
Kniphofia thomsonii - Triploid Form
Price: $12.00 In Stock

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The penultimate Poker in our opinion at this particular moment. Tall wands of orange tubular flowers well spaced on the stem echo images of Aloes in Southern California. These 5'-6' flower stems start in July and continue right up until frost. This is a sterile form so it sets little or no seed and since it never manages to consummate the procreational act, it keeps trying. Personally I am in awe of its stamina. A good spreader which quickly makes a clump. The leaves are much shorter than the flower stems and thin-bladed as well as being deciduous at least in our climate. This may not be as hardy as some other species but is worth every effort to make happy. We mulch ours for the winter and that seems to meet its needs.
Kniphofia tysonii ssp. tysonii
Kniphofia tysonii ssp. tysonii
Price: $18.00 In Stock

Gallon Pot
This is a difficult species to overlook in the garden. It's big with some serious heft. Dense clumps of tall leaves (3'-4') with tall stems bearing fat heads of dark orange to reddish orange buds which open to greenish white in late fall. It's a spectacle. This came from a collection by Paul de Jaeger via our friend June Sinclair whose amazing Rhododendron species garden is fortunately ill-suited for growing Kniphofia. Best in areas that don't frost early in fall. These are chunky plants that get root-bound about 10 minutes after potting so take a screwdriver and tease out the roots.
Kniphofia x praecox
Kniphofia x praecox
Price: $20.00 In Stock

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This is a name ascribed to naturalized populations of Kniphofia bruceae x K. linearifolia or perhaps K. uvaria in South Africa. It is also the name given to many of the old bicolored Red Hot pokers found in many places in this country as well as in the UK. Certainly a name widely used for a host of different characters. Ours appears to be same as Bob Brown's of Cotswold Plants of whom we have the highest regard. We grew ours from South African seed from an impeccable source so have no reason to doubt its veracity. A strong grower with fairly luscious tall dark green leaves and so far a shy bloomer for us. We are pretty sure it needs a longer season than we can give it which would be consistent with having K. bruceae in its blood. The flowers we have gotten are chubby fat heads of a good solid orange and we can imagine that this would be glorious in a climate more amenable than ours. These are big bare-root divisions from our field plants and spring shipping only.