Kniphofia 'Alcazar'
"Red hot hoker"
Orders placed before 1 March 2025
You can expect your order in February/March 2025
Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in March/April 2025
Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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£4.99
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£5.99
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Description
Get your garden all fired up for a sizzling late-summer show of Kniphofia 'Alcazar', lovingly known as Red Hot Poker. Throughout August and September each year these brazen upright rods shoot up and show off a molten poker of lava-coloured blooms. They bring fiery colour to your borders and a stately structure as well as injecting freshness and vibrancy into your displays, carrying the summer seamlessly into autumn.
Exotic in appearance but actually fully hardy, reliable and resilient, if you want plants in your garden that just do their thing and that you don’t have to worry about, Kniphofia 'Alcazar' is perfect for you. They look absolutely splendid in a sunny mixed border and, once planted and established, they can simply be left to get on with it. What’s more, they each year for a repeat performance!
Key features
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Good for cutting
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Comes back every year
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Loved by pollinators
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Thrives well in full sun
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In peat-free compost
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Low maintenance
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Fully hardy
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Rodent resistant
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Kniphofia 'Alcazar'
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Flower colour
Yellow, orange
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Plant size
1
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Established height
1.2-1.5m
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Established spread
70cm-1m
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Plant spacing
5 plants per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
Clump-forming -
Life cycle
Perennial
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Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1-2 years
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Sunlight
Full sun
Partial shade -
Position
Sheltered
Exposed -
Suitable for
Large containers
Borders
Gravel gardens
Coastal gardens
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Loam
Sandy
Loam-based compost
Stony
Multipurpose compost -
Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
No
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Mouse resistant
Yes
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Rabbit resistant
Yes
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Deer resistant
No
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Toxicity
No report
Plant calendar
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Soak your Kniphofia 'Alcazar' roots in water for 3-6 hours prior to planting.
Plant your "Red hot hoker" bare roots into temporary pots with a multipurpose compost in spring and grow-on in a sheltered spot outdoors.
Choose a pot which comfortably fits the bare roots. Some have a noticeable crown which should be just below the soil surface with any top growth exposed.
Plant out into borders or permanent containers in late spring or early summer once in full growth. Choose a position in sun or shade depending on the variety.
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Orders placed before 1 March 2025
You can expect your order in Feb/March 2025Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in April 2025Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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