Perennial Of The Day

Kniphofia uvaria

Red Hot Poker, Common Torch Lily, Torch Lily, Poker Plant, Tritoma

Type Perennial

Hardy range 5A to 9B

Height 36" to 4' / 90cm to 1.20m

Spread 24" to 36" / 60cm to 90cm

Growth rate Fast

Form Irregular or sprawling

Exposure Full sun

Persistence Deciduous

Bloom Color Orange, red and yellow

Bloom Time Summer

Environment This plant will grow in dry to moist soil. Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy. The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green This plant has attractive foliage.

The flowers are suitable for cut flowers.

Perennial Of The Day

Osmunda cinnamonea
Cinnamon Fern

Type Perennial, fern

Hardy range 4A to 8B

Height 24" to 36" / 60cm to 90cm

Spread 18" to 24" / 45cm to 60cm

Growth rate Average

Form Upright or erect

Exposure Full shade to full sun

Persistence Deciduous


Environment
This plant tolerates occasional wetness. This plant will grow in moist to wet soil.Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy, sandy or clay. The pH preference is an acidic to neutral (less than 6.8 to 7.2) soil.
Leaf Color Green and yellow
This plant has attractive foliage.


Culture Notes
When new fronds appear, they show a cinnamon color. Plant in a loamy woodland soil, in some shade to mimic the natural environmentof a fern. Plants grow in swamps in their native habitat. This is essential in the southern portion of the hardiness range. Plants in the north can be placed in full sun. If planted in the sun, this fern will need a moist to wet soil. Leaves will die back in the winter all across its hardiness range. Cinnamon Fern can grow to twice its normal size when planted near the pond's edge, sometimes as much as twice the size it would grow in a normal garden