Pineapple Popsicle Torchlily
Kniphofia 'Pineapple Popsicle'
Terra Nova
Popsicle Series
An excellent, compact, re-blooming variety with stunning yellow and creamy-white flower stalks, creating an unusual border or container planting; makes a great cutflower and attracts hummingbirds
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Pineapple Popsicle Torchlily is an open herbaceous evergreen perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.
Ornamental Qualities
Pineapple Popsicle Torchlily features bold spikes of yellow tubular flowers with white overtones at the ends of the stems from early to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its grassy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the year.
Planting and Growing
Pineapple Popsicle Torchlily will grow to be about 20 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant | individual plants should be spaced approximately 16 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial | this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil | and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant | and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil pH | but grows best in sandy soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun to partial shade
Deer Resistant
Keep moisture level dry to average
Mature Size 26"Hx18"W
Cutflower Favorite
Flowers are yellow
Flowers from early to late summer
Attracts hummingbirds
Zone 4b
Likes well drained soil

