Plant of the summer, so far./Kniphofia
aaron floden (Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:43:16 PDT)

Hello,

The Kniphofia are great. I have been surprised by
what has proved hardy here in Z5 Kansas.

The following have wintered, and all but baurii and
multiflora have flowered;

sarmentosa (winter grower, but pots of it bloom in
cold frames in January)
ichopensis
buchannaii
baurii
northiae (died in drought, same bed as hirsuta)
caulescens
uvaria "border ballet" (blooms all summer)
multiflora
parviflora (don't really notice the green flowers)
triangularis (terracotta from from Ellen
Hornig,lovely in front of a yellow leaved dwarf
Ulmus!)
typhoides
typhoides x caulescens (bloom at same time and
crossed a fews years ago, no blooms yet, distichous
foilage)
hirsuta (died in a drought several years back.)

Buchananii blooms near the end of May and its
delightfully fragrant, sometimes chocolatey. All mine
have bloomed within 13 months from sowing. Baurii is
taking it's sweet time. Triangularis is great and
blooms in late summer when most thins are done.
Caulescens cannot be beat for foilage, but the floral
display is not so great on one plant. The masses of
wild plants are exceptional though.

Foliosa, bruceae, alba, and fibrosa were just planted
out this year, so we'll see how they fare. I expect
well.

All the best,

Aaron

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