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torch lily en · NOUN
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A tritoma; a red-hot poker plant.
Torch Lily (Kniphofia) Set off floral fireworks with torch lily's towering spikes.
2010 December 28, Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens Perennial Gardening, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 269:Deciduous or evergreen, especially in mild climates, torch lilies are tough and long lasting.
2015 January 22, Ruth Rogers Clausen, Thomas Christopher, Essential Perennials: The Complete Reference to 2700 Perennials for the Home Garden, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 240:Less than ten years ago the torch lily was considered solely an autumn flower, but great improvements have been made by the Dutch hybridizers, and there is now a longer-blooming variety known as Pfitzerii,[…]
1910, William Tyler Miller, Garden & Home Builder, page 368:
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