Kniphofia rooperi Butterfly Attracting Plants 'Fourth of July' forms a

'Fourth of July' forms a neat medium-sized mound to 2' wide

We recommending using a container which is significantly larger than the tuber

you can expect a 3' wide patch in 5 years

and the Aegean Islands

A sharp knife drawn through the base of the stem often works better than pruning shears

Kniphofia rooperi Butterfly Attracting Plants 'Fourth of July' forms aKniphofia rooperi is a late flowering South African red hot poker, native to coastal marshes with a couple of traits that set it apart from more commonly grown red hot pokers. Instead of a typical poker like flower head, Kniphofia rooperi boasts a broad, squatty head, each exquisitely patterned yellow at the bottom and bright orange all the way to the top a hummingbird delight. Secondly, the 3' flower spikes of Kniphofia rooperi emerge in August and