red-hot poker 'Tetbury Torch'

'Tetbury Torch' is a herbaceous perennial up to 90cm high with dark green leaves and dark red-tinged flower stems in late summer and early autumn with flowers which progressively darken further up the stem so that the flowers at the base open creamy yellow, those in the middle open rich apricot yellow, and the topmost flowers open dark orange; it may have two flushes of flowers, and the flowers are good for pollinating insects