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Post by lavandulagirl on Mar 27, 2007 6:32:56 GMT -5
I'm growing these... I've had them in my yard since last year, but I only got one measly bloom in 2006, because I got the plants in a plant exchange, and moving them disturbed their cycle. I am SO looking forward to blooms this year. Mine are red. Do any of you grow any of the other colors? They have a leaf that is somewhere between a daylily and yucca in terms of apearance. Strappy, but a little bit stiffer than the Hemerocallis, and evergreen. I think they spread like yucca, too - with pups coming up to the sides of the parent plant. I'll post pics when mine bloom.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniphofia
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 27, 2007 7:36:35 GMT -5
I love redhotpoker plant. But I ordered bulbs several years ago, and nothing grew. I followed the instructions. I can usually get bulbs to grow enough to prove that I tried. But we had a terrible infestation of voles for a few years. Perhaps they ate my 3 bulbs/$someoutrageous$$figure or maybe they did grow and the voles are using the light off the pokers to see their way in the dark??
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Post by lavandulagirl on Mar 27, 2007 7:45:43 GMT -5
If mine throw pups this year, I'll send you some. I'm sure the voles have all they need, since they don't see very well, now matter how much light there is!  I know they're fussy about being transplanted, but I didn't know they were tasty to voles. My yard is pretty much mouse-like rodent free, due to the large black rat snake that lives in my compost pile. I hope I'm not on borrowed time with the kniphofia. By the way, I heard recently that the correct pronunciation of that name is 'nip-hofia', not 'Nif-ofia' like I've always said it. I think that's silly. Anyone else heard the same thing?
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Post by jeannine on Apr 14, 2007 1:22:08 GMT -5
Hum, interesting looking plant and beautiful flower! Since moving to OK from AZ a whole new deminsion in growing flowers has opened up to me. Unfortunatly, there are so many that I have no clue about.
Lav, could you describe how the plant looks at the base? I looked at the pics in the link, but couldn't really tell. A few days ago I found another plant out there that was 'new' to me. It kinda reminded me of a cross between a cactus and a pineapple, hahaha! It was just getting started for the season so I don't know if it gets flowers or not, or what they may look like if they do for that matter! The leaves looked simular to those on this plant though and it did have youngsters near and dear to the main plant....could be something of value to my flower beds.
Jeannine
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Post by lavandulagirl on Apr 14, 2007 6:33:43 GMT -5
I think it looks more like a daylily than anything else, although the leaves are a bit stiffer, like a yucca's leaves. There are asiatic lilies that look a little like bromeliads (the family that pineapples are in) so maybe that's what you have. I'll check through some sources I have, and see if I've got any other ideas. FP may have some good ones, too.
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Post by jeannine on Apr 16, 2007 1:08:28 GMT -5
Thanks! I'm kind of thinking it will likely not be anything in the lily family. I went out and checked on it again today, still no flower bud in sight. The last few days were wicked cold so I didn't even try to get a pic of it, perhaps tomorrow I will now that we are back to spring weather.
Jeannine
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I know they're fussy about being transplanted, but I didn't know they were tasty to voles. My yard is pretty much mouse-like rodent free, due to the large black rat snake that lives in my compost pile. I hope I'm not on borrowed time with the kniphofia. By the way, I heard recently that the correct pronunciation of that name is 'nip-hofia', not 'Nif-ofia' like I've always said it. I think that's silly. Anyone else heard the same thing?