Trim the flower off as close to the base of the plant as possible. Leave all your roots intact since this will give the plant a better support system for nutrients. When you plant it water it thoroughly and then water as you normally would a healthy red hot poker. Wait about two weeks and then fertilize it with a well balance fertilizer. Use a small amount of fertilizer and preferably a slow release type. I think you will have good luck with this plant since it seems to be a survivor.

Hi, I just found sprouting from my yard debris pile a sad, dry looking Red Hot Poker. It is probably not the best time to transplant a flower, but it is not going to get any better in my pile of debris. I dug it up and found that it had three separate, healthy looking roots. The leaves are all green with a bit of brown in them, but healthy looking otherwise. The flower coming out of one of the roots is dead, but the lower part of the stalk is still green. My question is, where should I trim the stalk to promote some new growth? Should I trim just below the brown on the stalk or should I trim the stalk off close the the root or just above the ground? An additional question, is there a way to trim the two roots that aren’t flowering to promote flower growth or just leave it and hope for the best? I read one forum where someone said they just let the flowers die off as they’re standing. I’d rather not do that if it will cause a delay in new growth.

Thank you for any information you can give me on this topic.