I feared the Christian teachers, they beat the bejasus outta me, they must all be dead by now, roasting in hell with red hot pokers up their bums, maybe some of them twisted freaks got to heaven, the angles want to watch them fellas, specially the lil boy angles.... But just you try sticking a knife into someone, or prescribing them drugs, and. With blooms from midsummer to autumn, Echo Rojo red hot poker is a must-have for sunny perennial gardens -- or as an annual in containers. It grows 40 inches tall and 24 inches wide. Zones 6-9. Fire Dance is an easy-to-grow perennial for sun that shows off deer-resistant, hummingbird-attracting red-and-yellow flowers. Pincushion flowers do well in zones 4-10, and love well-draining soil. They bloom best in full sun, but partial shade is fine, especially during the hottest months of the year. 14. Red Hot Poker. Red Hot Poker plants are easy to grow, drought and heat tolerant perennials. They are also called Torch Lilies, and are native to South Africa.