Winterflowering Kniphofias
Lauw de Jager (Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:35:52 PST)

Ken,
Concerneing K rooperii, the only trouble with freezing temperatures is that
the buds are destroyed. They flower consistently from late Decembre till
early March. However, watering has an impact on the flowering time: those
with regular drip irrigation flower much better then those submitted to
summer and this year an autumn drought (till early December).
Dave Fenwick had a few K rooperi from me some years ago, he might be able to
add some interesting details (Dave are you still on the list?)
Thanks everyone who confirmed that K sarmentosa is winterflowering and
come from SW Cape; thus should be an ideal plant for our mediterranean
climat.
I will try to put some K rooperii images on the wiki

Greetings

-- Lauw de Jager
Bulb'Argence
South of France (zone 9 (olive trees)
emailto: dejager@bulbargence.com
Site http://www.bulbargence.com/

Le 27/02/08 14:20, « Kenneth Hixson » <khixson@nu-world.com> a écrit :

cheerfully, lustily. Bright, attractive green leaves now. The low this winter
was only +14F, so perhaps that doesn't say much.