favorite yellow-flowered bulbs
James Waddick (Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:27:26 PST)

Dear all and especially my pal Paige for reminding me of some other
great yellows:

Arisaema flavum (light cadmium yellow)

Some consider this too common, even weedy- characters I like a lot.

Many, many Crocus spp. I disagree with my dear friend Jim
Waddick on their blahness (it's not his fault; he also likes
bananas) and would specially
recommend C. vitellinus (

Well I haven't grown this species, but they generally don't
last long due to their tastiness. I have grown enough to be called
(and surely deserve)a Croco-nut - one of the best of names to be
called.

Disporum flavum (buttercup yellow)

I do love this and wish it didn't bloom so early to get
serious frost damage almost every spring.

Iris bucharica (OK, it's yellow and white,

There is an all yellow form too, but it is also easy and reliable here.

Tulipa batalinii

I almost mentioned this one. It does seem to 'evade' the
critters more than most.

And there's probably more, but that's the 'devil' to picking just 5.

Thanks Paige- write me.
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Dr. James W. Waddick
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