Knifofiya - exotic in our country. It is a very exotic looking perennial plant that got to Russia from Africa. It is a bundle of narrow gray-green leaves, the length of which reaches half a meter. During the summer from June to September, each bush constantly throws out very large peduncles, at the end of which, in the form of a spike, there are flowers in the form of tubules. And the color of flowers varies from the base of the peduncle to the top, passing all shades from the lightest to the darkest. Very valuable quality - the flowers are in the cut up to two weeks.

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