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Yellow cheers and enlightens.

From A Gardener Comes to Terms with Yellow:

Victoria Finlay author  of Color: A Natural History of the Palette, says, of all the colors “yellow gives some of the most mixed messages of all.” Garden designers around the world agree,  praising yellow as being “cheerful,” “joyous,” “luminous,” and for its “ability to harmonize.” Yet the same designers also warn of yellow being “a show-stealer,” “aggressive,” “garish,” “dominating,” even “perilous.”


Tulipa sylvestris. Photo: Daniel Mount
Tulipa sylvestris. Photo: Daniel Mount

SPRING:

Cornus sericea ‘Hedgerows Gold’

Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’

Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae; E. characias subsp. wulfenii; E. chamaecyparis ‘Orange Man’

Forsythia ‘Gold Tide’; F. ‘Citrus Swizzle’, F. ‘Fiesta’

Narcissus ‘Hawera’; N. ‘Mariejka’

Paeonia ‘Border Charm’; P. ‘Bartzella’

Primula bulleyana; P. vulgaris; P. veris

Rhododendron 'Phyllis Korn'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Rhododendron ‘Phyllis Korn’. Photo: Daniel Mount

Rhododendron lutescens; R. lutea; R. ‘Winsome’; R. ‘Phyllis Korn’

Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’; R. hugonis; R. ‘Perle D’Or’; R. ‘Alchemyst’

Trollius ×cultorum ‘Cheddar’

 

Tulipa 'Francoise'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Tulipa ‘Francoise’. Photo: Daniel Mount

Tulipa ‘Francoise’; T. ‘Jaap Groot’; T. ‘Sweetheart’; T. sylvestris; T. dasystemon

 

Berberis thunbergii 'Golden Nugget'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Berberis thunbergii ‘Golden Nugget’. Photo: Daniel Mount

SUMMER:

Baptisia ‘Solar Flare’

Berberis thunbergii ‘Golden Nugget’

 

Dahlia 'Pineapple Lollipop'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Dahlia ‘Pineapple Lollipop’. Photo: Daniel Mount

Dahlia ‘Jackie Bramlett’; D. ‘Moon Fire’, D. ‘Pineapple Lollipop’

Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’

Helianthus multiflorus ‘Flore Pleno’; H. salicifolius ‘First Light’

 

Hosta 'On Stage'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Hosta ‘On Stage’. Photo: Daniel Mount

Hosta ‘Pineapple Upside Down Cake’; H. ‘Sum and Substance’; H. ‘Sun Power’; H. ‘On Stage’; H. ‘Birchwood Parky’s Gold’

Kirengeshoma palmata

Molinia caerulea ‘Variegata’

Pelargonium ‘Lady Plymouth’; P. ‘Prince Rupert’

Phygelius בMoonraker’

Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Dart’s Gold’

Rosa xanthina ‘Canary Bird’

Rudbeckia hirta ‘Green Eyes’

Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’; S. odora

Weigela florida ‘Rubidor’

 

Rudbeckia hirta 'Green Eyes'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Green Eyes’. Photo: Daniel Mount

FALL:
Aesculus parviflora

Betula utilis ×jacquemontii; B. papyrifera; B. pendula

Clethra alnifolia

Ginkgo ‘Princeton Sentry’

Hamamelis virginiana

Larix laricina; L kaempferi

Lindera benzoin

Poncirus trifoliata

Populus tremuloides; P. balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa

Hackonechloa macra 'All Gold' in fall color. Photo: Daniel Mount
Hackonechloa macra ‘All Gold’ in fall color. Photo: Daniel Mount

 

Choisya ternata 'Sundance'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’. Photo: Daniel Mount

WINTER:

Camellia ‘Buttermint’

Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’

Elaeagnus  ×ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’

Eranthis hyemalis

Hamamelis ×intermedia ‘Arnold’s Promise’; H. mollis ‘Primavera’

Helleborus foetidus ‘Chedglow’; H. ×hybridus ‘Golden Lotus’; H. ×hybridus ‘Mellow Yellow Strain’

Mahonia japonica; M. ×media ‘Charity’; M. ×media ‘Arthur Menzies’

Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’; N. ‘February Gold’

 

Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb Gold'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Taxus cuspidata ‘Nana Aurescens’. Photo: Daniel Mount

Picea orientalis ‘Tom Thumb Gold’

Pinus strobus ‘Louie’; P. contorta ‘Chief Joseph’

Taxus cuspidata ‘Nana Aurescens’; T. baccata ‘Standishii’

Thuja occidentalis ‘Rheingold’; T.o. ‘Yellow Ribbon’; T.o. ‘Jantar’; T.o. ‘Harvest Moon’

 

Thuja occidentalis 'Harvest Moon'. Photo: Daniel Mount
Thuja occidentalis ‘Harvest Moon’. Photo: Daniel Mount

 

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