Plant in full to part day sun and give occasional to regular irrigation. Cold hardy to below 0° F and useful in USDA Zones 5 through 10. A great plant for a low maintenance mass planting or mixed into the meadow with grasses or planted in the perennial garden and the flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies yet seems to not be that attractive to browsing mammals.

This plant came to us so named in 1993 from Takaya Nursery, a small wholesale grower in Goleta, California and we grew it from then until we closed the nursery in 2025. We planted it throughout our gardens, and this plant proved to be tough and reliable and much less finicky than some of the other dwarf Kniphofia cultivars. 'Dwarf Yellow' is much smaller that our other very popular yellow poker, Kniphofia uvaria 'Malibu Yellow', similar looking to Kniphofia uvaria Rockette Yellow, a later named and patented cultivar that we later grew, but has flowers that are a lighter yellow color. The name Kniphofia honors Johann Hieronymus Kniphof (1704 -1763), a German physician and botanist. The pronunciation of this genus is often argued about and while most continue to use the easiest to pronounce versions such as ny-FOE-fee-ah or nee-FOF-ee-a, others argue correctly that the name should follow the pronunciation of the name it commemorates. But even for this there are differences of opinion owing to different German regional dialects - one such pronunciation often noted as correct is nip-HOFF-ee-uh while another that is particularly hard to pronounce is k-nip-HOF-ia. Keeping it simple we still use ny-FOE-fee-ah. 

Information displayed on this page about Kniphofia 'Dwarf Yellow' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.