These red hot pokers are classic cottage garden plants. Huge spires of orange and yellow flowers on thick stems that emerge from the midddle of dense mounds of large grass-like leaves. They are tolerant of most soil conditions but always need full sun. I have found that keeping their roots moist seems to help them flower more but they do okay in dry conditions. I feed with chicken poo pellets round the base in early spring to encourage more flowering. I try to remember to put a heavy mulch of bark round the base of plants before the start of summer to retain moisture too. I remove the dead flower spikes
In spring you can propagate by taking off any side shoots with some roots attached with your trowel or spade and replant them in compost to get them off to a good start. These side shoots may not flower in the same year you take the cutting.
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