Light up your summer garden with the bold tropical color of Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’, a compact red hot poker variety featuring vibrant mango-orange flower spikes that bloom continuously from early summer through fall. This eye-catching perennial adds dramatic vertical interest while attracting hummingbirds, butterflies, and pollinators to your landscape.

Part of the popular Popsicle™ Series, this dwarf torch lily is prized for its tidy habit, long bloom season, drought tolerance, and easy-care nature—making it perfect for sunny borders, containers, xeriscapes, and pollinator gardens.

Why Gardeners Love ‘Mango Popsicle’

• Bright mango-orange flower spikes
• Blooms continuously from summer into fall
• Attracts hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies
• Thrives in hot, sunny locations
• Drought tolerant once established
• Deer and rabbit resistant
• Compact size perfect for containers and borders

Plant Details

• Botanical Name: Kniphofia uvaria ‘Mango Popsicle’
• Common Name: Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily
• Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Flower Color: Mango Orange
• Foliage Color: Green, grassy foliage
• Mature Height: 24–36 inches (including blooms)
• Foliage Height: 12–18 inches
• Growth Habit: Clumping, Upright
• Bloom Season: Early Summer through Fall
• Light Requirements: Full Sun
• Water Needs: Low to Moderate
• Soil Needs: Well-draining soil
• Hardiness Zones: 6–9
• Characteristics: Long blooming, pollinator-friendly, drought tolerant, deer resistant

Perfect Garden Uses

Pollinator gardens
Hummingbird gardens
Xeriscape landscapes
Cottage gardens
Rock gardens
Mixed perennial borders
Patio containers
Mass plantings

Companion Plants

Pairs beautifully with:

• Salvia
• Echinacea (Coneflower)
• Lavender
• Coreopsis
• Ornamental Grasses
• Agastache
• Rudbeckia

These sun-loving companions create a colorful, drought-tolerant summer garden.

Care Tips

• Plant in full sun for best flowering
• Prefers fertile, well-draining soil
• Avoid overly wet winter conditions
• Water regularly during establishment
• Deadhead spent blooms to encourage continued flowering
• Divide mature clumps every few years for vigor

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.