Red-hot poker 'Mango Popsicle'

Kniphofia 'Mango Popsicle'

Red-hot poker 'Mango Popsicle' is a perennial for focal point, mid-border, suited to full sun and loam, sandy soil or chalk, flowering Jul, Aug, Sep.

Where to use it in a border

At around 60 cm, it sits best toward the back of a border, or on its own as a focal point with room around it. Give it about 45 cm of room to spread, roughly 2 to the metre when planted in a drift. It is hardy across USDA zones 5a to 9a and rated H4 by the RHS, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, sandy soil, chalk soil, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Red-hot poker 'Mango Popsicle''s height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Angelita Daisyto edge in front
• Bear Grassfor height behind it
• Black Daleato edge in front
• Blackfoot Daisyto edge in front
• Blue Beaked Yuccafor height behind it
• Bottlebrush 'Little John'to flower when it does not

Garden styles

Mediterranean Modern Wildlife garden