Phlox paniculata ‘Orchid Green’
Phlox paniculata 'Orchid Green’ is a tall garden phlox with large, fragrant white flowers and lime-green picotee edging.
Phlox paniculata ‘Orchid Green’ is a tall garden phlox with unique colouration with green buds opening to white flowers with lime-green picotee edges. Large, 6-7 inch pyramid-shaped panicles are well formed, fragrant, floriferous and long-blooming from summer to early fall on strong stems to 25-30 inches tall. Phlox are an important mainstay in the summer garden for long-blooming colour and form. Use in the mid to back of the mixed sunny border. Wonderful in drifts and as cut flowers. Remove faded flowers to encourage repeat blooming. Pollinator attractor.
Common Name: Tall Garden Phlox
Family: Polemoniaceae (The Phlox Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun Part Sun Part Shade
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average
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Fragrance: Yes
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Benefits: Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Open woods, scrub, sides of streams and on hillsides, often on limestone.
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