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Red Hot Poker Kniphofia 'Papaya Popsicle'

Fiery spikes add a dramatic statement to any garden
Just £9.99
1 x 9cm Pot - SKU: 560615
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Key Features

  • A fully hardy perennial, ‘Papaya Popsicle’ puts on a fiery show of bright flowers
  • A lovely compact variety to brighten up the garden, ideal for small spaces or even patio pots
  • Easy to grow and a terrific drought-tolerant garden plant
  • Grassy foliage remains tidy so does not spoil the floral display
  • Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting out
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Description

Compared to a normal 'Red Hot Poker', this hybrid is a floral dream with spectacular spikes of sweet, orange and red blooms.

This fully hardy perennial puts on a fiery show of bright flowers that burst like rockets from a base of compact, grass-like leaves to fill the garden with colour.

A lovely Kniphofia that really brightens up the garden as other plants begin to fade, 'Papaya Popsicle' is a dwarf poker, ideal for small gardens or even patio pots.

Easy to grow and a terrific drought-tolerant garden plant, Red Hot Pokers are an excellent addition to city and coastal gardens and look great in the middle of wildlife borders and gravel gardens - as well as traditional cottage-garden style plantings.

Unlike older varieties, the 'Popsicle' series has delightful grassy foliage that remains tidy so does not spoil the display, and is perfect in borders, pots and containers.

Adored by butterflies and bees for their nectar and flower arrangers for their style - Red Hot Pokers make lovely cut flowers too.

Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for planting out.

Top Tips

Incorporate horticultural grit to the planting hole if your soil is heavy clay, to open it up and improve drainage.

Care Information

Planting Advice:

  • Best grown in a well-drained, but not over-fertile soil, plants bloom best in full sun.
  • Water your potted plant well.
  • Dig a hole a little deeper and 3 x wider than the nursery pot.
  • Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
  • Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot.
  • Refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
  • Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball.
  • Water well and mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.

Aftercare Advice:

  • Mulch young plants with straw or leaves or cover with fleece for their first winter.
  • Taking Care of Kniphofia.
  • Water container-grown plants regularly over the summer. Apply a light fertilizer in spring or early summer.


Pruning Advice:

  • Deadhead after flowering. Leave the old foliage on the plant to protect the crown over winter. Tidy plants in spring by pulling away dead and damaged leaves from the base, which will also allow you to check for slugs and snails.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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