Phlox paniculata Orchid Yellow

Phlox paniculata ‘Orchid Yellow’ is a fresh and original summer perennial. This particularly floriferous variety produces large panicles of pink flowers edged with a yellow tinged with anise green. Its long-lasting, fragrant flowering attracts many pollinators throughout the summer. This variety also allows creates large colourful cut flower arrangements.

Phlox ‘Orchid Yellow’ belongs to the Polemoniaceae family; it is part of the panicled phlox or garden phlox. This selected cultivar is derived from the wild species Phlox paniculata, native to eastern and east‑central United States. This perennial plant emerges from the ground every spring after a period of winter dormancy. 'Orchid Yellow’ offers a very unusual colouring, larger and denser panicles and excellent vase life. Moreover, it proves to be less susceptible to foliar diseases when grown in full sun with sufficient air circulation.
This cultivar has a decidedly erect and bushy habit; the plant forms a dense clump of about 70 cm in height and a spread of 50 cm after 2 to 3 years. From July to early September (autumn depending on climate), it produces large pyramidal panicles measuring 15–18 cm in diameter, formed of many small, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter flowers. Each flower consists of a tube ending in five rounded lobes of bright pink or fuchsia with edges from chartreuse to greenish yellow. A small, almost black throat gives relief to each corolla. The nectariferous flowers with a soft, sweet scent attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators. The foliage is arranged oppositely along the stems, the leaves are lanceolate to ovate, usually 5 to 12 cm long, bright green to dark green with a glossy surface. The foliage emerges in spring, then dies back in autumn.