Gem said:



For the 2nd year running my red hot pokers are being eaten. I have put
slug pellets down and have pulled off any snails which are hiding in the
leaves but it is still being decimated by something!

Would the damage be just snails or could it be something else?


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Perhaps you have unreasonable expectations, or the weather has
been less than ideal (damp). These are plants of arid or semi-arid
regions.

Kniphofia normally "bloom out" from the bottom up and rarely look
like the beauty shots from catalogs.

See he
http://www.gardeningblog.net/2011/09...ker-something-
not-to-grow-and-bunnies/

Also, read the first comment he
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/818/

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