Features
Characteristics
Plant Needs
About Creekside Champions™
Creekside Champions™ are standout plants personally selected by the Creekside Nursery team for their exceptional garden performance, beauty, and reliability. Each variety earns its place in the collection by offering something truly special—whether it’s outstanding color, an extended bloom season, improved habit, pollinator appeal, or dependable performance in the landscape. These are plants we’re proud to grow and confident recommending for gardens across the country. Family Grown. Proven Performance.
Kniphofia POCO™ ‘Sunset’
Common Name: Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia POCO™ ‘Sunset’ brings the glowing colors of a summer sunset to the garden with striking bicolor flower spikes in rich red-orange and warm orange. The upright blooms rise above its tidy, grass-like foliage, creating a bold burst of color while maintaining a compact habit that fits beautifully into smaller garden spaces and containers.
One of the standout features of POCO™ ‘Sunset’ is its exceptionally long flowering season. Beginning in July, it produces colorful flower spikes and continues repeat blooming through October, providing months of dependable interest when many other perennials are beginning to slow down.
Its naturally short habit, multiple crowns, and ability to produce flower spikes even during its first season make POCO™ ‘Sunset’ an excellent choice for gardeners looking for quick impact. Plant it in full sun along borders, in mixed perennial beds, or in containers where its fiery blooms can take center stage.
Why it's a Creekside Champion™
Kniphofia POCO™ ‘Sunset’ earns its place as a Creekside Champion™ because it combines a compact, garden-friendly habit with an impressive amount of flower power. We love that it can produce multiple crowns and blooms during its first season, then continues delivering repeat flushes of brilliant red-orange and orange flowers from midsummer well into fall. Its manageable size makes it incredibly versatile, while its extended season of color gives gardeners exceptional performance from a relatively small plant. Beautiful, hardworking, and long-blooming, POCO™ ‘Sunset’ is exactly the type of perennial we look for in a Creekside Champion™.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 6–9
Exposure: Full Sun
Height: 16″
Width: 15″
Flower Height: 23″
Bloom Time(s): July, August, September, October
Characteristics
Plant Needs
About Creekside Champions™
Creekside Champions™ are standout plants personally selected by the Creekside Nursery team for their exceptional garden performance, beauty, and reliability. Each variety earns its place in the collection by offering something truly special—whether it’s outstanding color, an extended bloom season, improved habit, pollinator appeal, or dependable performance in the landscape. These are plants we’re proud to grow and confident recommending for gardens across the country. Family Grown. Proven Performance.
Kniphofia POCO™ ‘Sunset’
Common Name: Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia POCO™ ‘Sunset’ brings the glowing colors of a summer sunset to the garden with striking bicolor flower spikes in rich red-orange and warm orange. The upright blooms rise above its tidy, grass-like foliage, creating a bold burst of color while maintaining a compact habit that fits beautifully into smaller garden spaces and containers.
One of the standout features of POCO™ ‘Sunset’ is its exceptionally long flowering season. Beginning in July, it produces colorful flower spikes and continues repeat blooming through October, providing months of dependable interest when many other perennials are beginning to slow down.
Its naturally short habit, multiple crowns, and ability to produce flower spikes even during its first season make POCO™ ‘Sunset’ an excellent choice for gardeners looking for quick impact. Plant it in full sun along borders, in mixed perennial beds, or in containers where its fiery blooms can take center stage.
Why it's a Creekside Champion™
Kniphofia POCO™ ‘Sunset’ earns its place as a Creekside Champion™ because it combines a compact, garden-friendly habit with an impressive amount of flower power. We love that it can produce multiple crowns and blooms during its first season, then continues delivering repeat flushes of brilliant red-orange and orange flowers from midsummer well into fall. Its manageable size makes it incredibly versatile, while its extended season of color gives gardeners exceptional performance from a relatively small plant. Beautiful, hardworking, and long-blooming, POCO™ ‘Sunset’ is exactly the type of perennial we look for in a Creekside Champion™.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 6–9
Exposure: Full Sun
Height: 16″
Width: 15″
Flower Height: 23″
Bloom Time(s): July, August, September, October