Kniphofia rooperi
Water Needs
moderate; high
Perennial; Bulb
Winter Poker; Spring torch lily
up to 1,4 m
Size
Light Conditions
sun
Frost
moderate
Flowers
greenish yellow to orange; winter
Garden Situation
semi-shade; sun; damp soils; wildlife bees butterflies insects birds; clay soils;
Habitat
water; coastal eastern cape; coastal kzn
Region
thicket; Coastal Subtropical East Coast
Rain Season
summer
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Description
This is a beautiful winter-flowering species to tuck around water features or in groups to edge the wildlife pond. As with most other species in the family, they flower quite happily in average garden soil. Flowers of this species are unusual; rounder in shape than the typical long tubes, often with relatively flat heads. Flowers are lime green-yellow as the open, and mature to a glowing orange. Photo attribution: Anders Sandberg: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKniphofia_rooperi_and_kniphofia_subcaulescens_(2924772689).jpg