Favorite Yellow Flowered Bulbs--TOW
J.E. Shields (Wed, 21 Jan 2004 06:18:52 PST)

Hi everyone,

Yellow flowers! Hmmmmm......, just not my favorite color in the garden.

A few postings so far give me some suggestions. The following are in no
particular order:

Gladiolus "x-gandavensis", maybe G. dalenii primulinus, or maybe really the
hybrid. Nice primrose-yellow flowers in later summer, and pretty hardy
here outdoors.

Calochortus luteus 'Golden Orb' is also fairly hardy here, and a rich
yellow color in early summer.

Narcissus -- all sorts of yellows and very hardy here. Even N. bulbicodium
is hardy outdoors and blooms, including N. bulbicodium conspicuus and N. b.
nivalis, not just 'Golden Bells'. They bloom in spring, which is still
seemingly a long way off.

Triteleia ixioides scabra is another hardy one, with pale yellow flowers in
early summer.

Finally, in the greenhouse, Lachenalia reflexa is starting to bloom just
now, with light yellow flowers.

Later in the season, some of these might be replaced with Clivia miniata
citrina cultivars, but they are not blooming yet here in the
greenhouses. Later, Cyrtanthus mackenii cooperi with its small, pale
creamy yellow tubular flowers will also be a pleasure to see.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

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