Kniphofia Northiae Seeds

Kniphofia Northiae

This is probably the most impressive of all Red Hot Pokers. Massive, wide, heavy leaves make a solid, agave-like rosette from which arise very thick-stemmed flower-spikes of yellow and orange. This is a stunning plant which improves with age.

Sow the seeds onto a good soil-based compost, covering the seeds with fine grit or compost to approximately their own depth. They can be sown at any time, and although germination can be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C, we sow most seeds in an unheated greenhouse and wait for natural germination, as many seeds wait for spring before emerging regardless of when they are sown. Spring sowing will obviously give them a full season of growth.