Black eye susan stella d'oro, with more irish eyes in the back to the left
Show your Yellows.
Marigolds - my mom always had marigolds in her garden
The gazania is just starting to bloom. I grew this from seed.
Sally, Those are some kind of annual this was the first I've seen them and I know I kept the tag, somewhere??????? But I do remember that they were marked Walkabout. We went to an Amish farm with some friends a real back country place. The plants were great and the prices couldn't be beat. Plus they had a lot of different things besides the common stuff.
Nothing like a bright Sunflower to brighten up a dreary day.
Volunteer Sunflower, we always get a few near the feeders.
Final pic - black eye susans/gloriosas/irish eyes.
Some of my favorite flowers are yellow
First of the yellows blooming here today
(And totally OT, but I'm brand new...can we really only add one pic per post?)
"Origami Yellow" Columbine
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Tuberous Begonia with visiting bee.
welcome, tangiegirl !
my one comlumbine is done bloom and even has dried open pods now. What a difference a zone makes.
Yep, one pic per post. But you did the right thing following up one post with another. Sometimes people start threads for ID for example, then start a whole new thread for their next picture........
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Thank you so much for the welcome and answering my picture posting ?. Appreciated!
Yes, with the crazy weather we've had this year I'm getting all sort of things blooming together that "shouldn't" be. All but one of my columbines are still going strong with buds yet to open.
Even my little yellow violas and pansies are still looking good, yet the daylilies, BES and butterfly bushes are in bloom, as well. Not that I'm complaining !
Here is one more yellow from today.
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Hi tangiegirl! You do have a mix blooming, My columbines are all done and starting to drop seed. I live up in the northwest corner of Pa. I see you are the southeast. I keep a road atlas by my computer. Could you save me some of your "Origami Yellow" Columbine seeds? I don't have any yellow ones at all!
Wow this thread has really taken off! So many yellows! Keep up the picture taking everyone.
Chris
...just curious ~ does anyone have any ideas for yellows that can take shade? We have a moon garden that I was trying to keep with primarily yellows and the nearby cherry tree is casting more and more shade. We have four types of lilies there now that are doing ok. It does get a bit of sun but not much. We have white too but I'm trying to keep with the "yellow" theme :)
one of the lilies I bought this yr from our town garden club plant sale at our local library...they labeled it as cream. It's blooming now in the moon garden
this is LA hybrid lily "fantasy" I ordered it from G.Wild in '04. It is a pale yellow. Combines the best traits of the Easter lily with the Asiatic hybrids. Blooms now, late June.
Gladly, Chris. I love to share. Just let me know where to send...from the looks of them, I'll probably start letting them set seed in late July/early August this year.
Check your D-Mail, tangie.
Done, lady...You have one, too.
found a yellow for shade...chrysogonum virginianum...anyone ever hear of it or have it? it is a groundcover native to woodlands from NY to Louisiana and Florida. Hardiness zone 5-10. http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=100
Also, I did see the St. John's Wort today at a local gdn ctr ~ I like it. One last ? Is it drought tolerant at all? the tag didn't say. Thanks :)
I only have two yellow flowers in my garden. Here's one, Coreopsis "Early Sunrise", that I grew from seed this year. Gita, this is from the same group that I gave you one of at the swap. Only one of these three that I planted have bloomed so far. Can't wait till the others get bigger. This ones kinda lonely right now.
Close up of the lonely little posy!
Here's my other yellow, a Black-Eyes Susan Vine.
And a close up. Gita and Wrightie you each got one of these from me from the swap.
My trio of "Too Tall To Be Chocolate Daisy" plants are really going strong this year! From the leaf shape, I am guessing they may actually be some sort of Heliopsis, but I've gotten rather used to calling them "Not-Chocolate-Daisy" LOL. I think I handed a few of these around at Hart's swap... :-)
That's my magenta Lychnis coronaria (rose campion) in the lower right corner of the photo. I handed out some of those volunteer seedlings also!
First bloom on a NOID. I was pleased with the color but still have no idea who it might be.
I still don't know what a NOID is- except for that old pizza commercial......
I don't think anybody's posted this yet- Four o'clocks- such a sweet smell. and I still haven't seen any Japanese beetles in my yard.
"NOID" = "No ID"
used for an un-named, un-registered plant, or just one whose tag has been lost or whose name is unknown.
The JB's have arrived here, but not in huge numbers so far. But they have found my four o'clock, and they like it very much, the poor thing. I think it's time to plant out some clumps of 'Spicy Globe' basil (one of their very favorites) and spray it with Sevin (I don't eat those plants, just use them as a chemical trap).
Lovely yellows here, need to get out and take some pictures - missed my yellow Lupine blooming and never even got any pictures of yellow Baptisia :( Still thinking I need one of those teeny little cameras that will fit in my pocket so I'd have it with me all the time! Echinaea 'Sunrise' blooming so hopefully I WILL get a picture and post soon.
wind, Chrysogonum is a great little groundcover and blooms early. Another great yellow flowering plant for shade and later blooming is Saruma henryi http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/55486/ Shadyfolks' picture gives you a good idea of its habit. Which St. John's Wort are you thinking about? http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=Hypericum&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search. Most will tolerate drought and there are some really nice ones to choose from - a few of my favorites - 'Brigadoon', great gold foliage but wants a little protection from full hot sun; 'Blue Velvet' with blue-green foliage and "fuzzy" flowers; and 'Albury Purple' with darker foliage.
Debbie
rcn- I know that feeling, wandering around the yard and wishing I had the amera for just a shot or two. In theory, I should use my pocket-belt thing that I got to carry a few tools but I don't even do that. I almost never go out in the yard with a plan.
I have 'yellow corydalis' from critterologist, in the shade. I don't have experience with it yet, but so far these babies have been wilt proof ,growing, and the foliage is a nice compound leaf in a light green, I like it.
oh thanks, critter- say, have you read where dave swears by four oclocks being poisonous to JBs? I haveto find my sevin spray to get some harlequin bugs, they really got a foothold here this year and have killed my cleome that self sowed.
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I read that in a couple of places, Sally, but I've checked the pot where my four o'clock is planted, and I see no dead JBs around it... dang it!
I saw some blooms on one of the corydalis seedlings yesterday, will see if I can get a decent photo. The original plant never did show up this year, but some of the seedlings are quite large already. I brought some down to my MIL in NC and planted them in the shade by her front porch. I hope they do well for everybody!
I think I need a little camera too... I've got a Sony DSC-V1, and it's fairly bulky (but has lots of nice settings and options)... the newer cameras of course have even more features and are half the thickness, but that's the way technology progresses!
I never saw dead ones around mine either, but my anecdotal experience supports it.
here's Corydalis in plantfiles: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/828/
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evidence... as in, the more four o'clocks you plant the fewer JBs you see?
The Corydalis I have (from Levilyla) blooms a very pale yellow that's hard to capture in a photo.
I've never grown Corydalis -- they do ok in the SHADE????
non-yeller question alert:
Happy, what was that pretty pinkish not-a-coleus plant that you were giving away at the swap?
Yes, my Corydalis is by my front porch, one of the few places in my yard that gets some shade. There are some more little seedlings there, so I'm sure we can get a few for you the next time you come up. :-)
I've certainly found it's true that planting 4 o'clocks near your roses will protect them because the Japanese beetles prefer them to roses. And I'm willing to believe they will kill the beetles, although I never heard you would find piles of dead beetles under them - one bite and zap!
What I have found though is that in the years when the beetles have been extremely bad, such as the last two, you're going to need more than 4 o'clocks to protect your plants. The other years, I haven't seen any beetle damage to the other plants at all.
Critter, the corydalis you gave me is doing very well too. It does seem to be at least a bit drought tolerant. I can't wait to see the blooms but the foliage is pretty enough to grow it just for that.
Thanks for the feedback... I'm glad to hear it's a bit drought tolerant, because I'm not sure the plants out front at my MIL's get much water other than rain (that front bed is not on the new irrigation system I put in!)... I did tell her a couple of times that those new little seedlings would need extra water until they took off, but I'm not sure she "babies" anything that isn't a rosebush! She did really love the foliage though, and she likes the idea that it will softly cascade down that little bit of slope.
I guess I will try planting a bunch of four o'clocks around the plants and trees that the JB's tend to do a number on. :-)
well, I looked at the bug file and the plant files, but those don't go into testimony about 4 oclocks VS JBs. Some thread somewhere did. All I can say, again anecdotal, my trap plant used to be wild evening primrose, then when I started FOC, (5 yrs?) none on EP or anywhere. even two roses I bought last spring. However, those two HD clearance roses were not much to tempt their appetite...hart has more experience than I do. I'm probably in a lucky cycle, or lucky micro environment, as these anecdotal things can be.
Critter, this is what I do. I watch the 4 o'clocks and the roses. If the beetles start showing up on the roses too, then I know it's going to be a bad year and it's time to bring out the heavy ammunition.
I enjoy the 4 o'clocks in their own right for their pretty foliage and the wonderful scent in the evenings. Luna moths love them too and it's such a thrill to look out at night and see one of those.
They are very, very late to emerge every year so don't give up on them. You can also lift the tubers in the fall if you think the cold might kill them, just like a dahlia. I haven't found I needed to do that here. They'll self sow some too but the ones you don't want are very easy to pull.
They're not hardy here, and I've only recently found out about lifting their tubers in the fall... I think I'll try to grow a bunch of them next year to put out by the plum and apricot trees (both of which are JB gustatory delights, apparently).
Mine are growing close to the house so winters are a bit easier for them. They appear to have been zapped by the cold snap too, though, because I'm not seeing a lot of them emerging. And they're extremely late. They're usually up by the first week of June. This year I'm just starting to see some.
By the way, they are extremely tough and drought tolerant too. If it's real dry, they will wilt a bit but will revive as soon as they get a little rain or watering.
A few yellows from yesterday. Plain old marigolds and then (upper right) a few small yellow pansies still blooming well.
Sally, very pretty four o'clocks...no JB's here yet, either. Glad.
OOPS...wrong picture....posting below,,,
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