{"id":1559,"date":"2011-07-23T12:21:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T16:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2011-07-23T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T16:40:07","slug":"torch-lily-has-long-bloom-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/07\/23\/torch-lily-has-long-bloom-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Torch Lily Has Long Bloom Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1560\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_0474.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1560\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1560\" title=\"DSC_0474\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_0474-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_0474-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_0474-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Torch Lily (Kniphofia spp.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Torch lily (<em>Kniphofia spp.<\/em>), aka \u201cred hot poker\u201d, is an easy to grow long-lived perennial from South Africa. Its colorful floral spike (and a little imagination) resembles a fiery torch or sizzling poker, visited often by hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.<\/p>\n<p>New cultivars are mostly hybrids and vary in plant height and flower color. Starting in May one or more floral spikes arise 18 inches to 4 feet in height, depending on the cultivar(s) planted. Color choices include off-whites, yellows, oranges, reds, and blends of two or more tints. From the months of<em> June thru October<\/em> additional re-blooming follows soon after the spent floral scapes are pruned off<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Torch lily excels when planted in an average well-drained soil. Full to partial (6 hours minimum) sunlight is ideal. Most, but not all, cultivars are cold hardy in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and7). The sharp edged grass-like foliage is evergreen, but tends to take a beating in rough winters. Prune back the entire plant near the soil line in late winter for a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p>A 2-year and older plant clump is both heat and drought tolerant. Every 3-4 years rhizomes are dug and divided either in early fall or late winter. Torch lily has few serious disease and insect problems. Root rot may become a significant problem when planted in a poorly drained soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torch lily (Kniphofia spp.), aka \u201cred hot poker\u201d, is an easy to grow long-lived perennial from South Africa. Its colorful floral spike (and a little imagination) resembles a fiery torch or sizzling poker, visited often by hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. New cultivars are mostly hybrids and vary in plant height and flower color. Starting in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[657,747,749,521,674,745,625,601,630,705,706,646,744,1,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}