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KNIPHOFIA CAULESCENS 'JOHN MAY'
KNIPHOFIA CAULESCENS 'JOHN MAY'
Blue-grey leaves, almost offensive flesh-coloured shoots mature into coral buds which open soft yellow Sep-Oct, 80cm. Easy. Tough. A lovely sprawling evergreen foliage plant, "Like a blue octopus after rigor mortis has set in" (T.Avent).
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