Garden Alphabet: Kniphofia “Red Hot Poker”
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By Douglas E. Welch on January 4th, 2013
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I’ve always pronounced K-nif-of-e-ah, but according to one of the big breeders it’s pronounced K-Nip-hof-e-ah. That is, the ph doesn’t sound like an f. Fun fact.