Red Hot Poker Care Question

My Dad used to line the back of our house with the Red Hot Pokers. He says they take very little care. He planted them & then every spring he'd cut the dried up stem back to about 1 inch above the ground. His plants had more of a long bladed grass look to them with the flower coming up out of the center...more like the picture Fjaril posted. He found that the plant would drop its seeds without his help & they grew rapidly. When the grassy blades began to wilt, he'd just pull them away from the plant. His plants were planted in red clay type soil as that is ALL we have here. They were planted on a slight hill which may have facilitated water drainage. I remember he only put out a few plants the first year & they kinda just took over the area over the next few years. The pic you posted doesn't look anything like what I remember, but maybe yours is a different variation. They have beautiful blooms. I will be interested to see what yours looks like come springtime. Maybe you can post another pic once yours begins to bloom.

EvrWonder I am going to suggest you invest in a copy of Western gardening book as it has all that information on a zillion different plants and its not just for people in the western states but all over the US . You will find all the information you desire in it and it will always be a go to book for the serious gardener. I think from my memory that you treat Red HOt Pokers a lot like the more delicate Lily types but the book I mentioned will give you all the right information.

I know we have had those but I just don't remember how well they did, I would look them up on the internet, you can find almost anything you want info on, there.