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poker plant - clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers

flame flower, flameflower, flame-flower, kniphofia, tritoma - a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers

Kniphofia praecox, red-hot poker - widely cultivated hybrid poker plant

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A similar scene could be composed of yellow daylilies or yarrow and one of the yellow forms of poker plant.

Paint your garden with the vibrance of Van Gogh

Tall, scarlet-tipped flowers of older forms of kniphofia (sometimes sold by an earlier name, Tritoma) give the plant an assortment of fiery names: poker plant, red-hot poker, torch-lily.

Poker plant, torch-lily...it deserves the firebrand names

Dramatic Blooms: Red hot poker plants feature against a dramatic forest background in Upper Brook Street, Minuit wallpaper, PS170 a roll, Little Greene (littlegreene.com).

Looks that will grow on you... Make rooms look blooming lovely with floral designs, writes GABRIELLE FAGAN

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