[pbs] Re: hardiness of Kniphofia uvaria

Barbara Weintraub blweintraub1 at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 7 11:00:36 EST 2004


I've seen this growing in a garden in the southern mountains of New Mexico 
and here in the northern part of the state. Both areas are nominally USDA 
zone 5.


>         Kniphofia uvaria Z8--the common "red hot poker", and as such far
>hardier than Z8.  The Pfitzer hybrids were raised and selected in Germany,
>for instance.  However, it has been hybridized and selected so I kon't know
>exactly how hardy the species itself is.


- Barbara

Leaf and Stone
Barbara L. Weintraub
Santa Fe, NM 87508-8769
Elevation 7000 ft.
blweintraub1 at earthlink.net


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