Favorite Yellow Flowered Bulbs--TOW
jennifer.hildebrand@att.net (Fri, 23 Jan 2004 06:59:22 PST)

Hi all,

Well, I have to thank Jamie for finally explaining to me why I'm not
particularly fond of yellow-flowered bulbs. The "they're so common"
explanation absolutely works. But it's not yellow Narcissus that soured me
on the color - it's the millions of Stella D'Oro daylilies that landscapers
in So Cal apparently can't refuse to purchase. Especially in the newer
housing tracts, you can't go past a house that doesn't have them.

The same is true for Agapanthus, and I'm only just now warming to the Ags.
The ones that interest me most, of course, are the ones that aren't growing
in thousands of front yards. When I finally have a yard or a greenhouse big
enough, one of my first purchases will be an Agapanthus inapertus (here's a
good picture: http://plantzafrica.com/plantab/…).

Dietes bicolor and grandiflora are also used frequently enough in So Cal
landscaping to make them "common."

I've had such fun reading some of the other posts about the color yellow.
Was it Paige or Diane who mentioned yellow colored houses? That really
interested me, because I do want to own a yellow house - with a yellow
kitchen. It's such a clean color for the kitchen.

And I absolutely LOVE orange flowers - all shades, from the palest peach to
the brightest, most vibrant orange.

And Mary Sue, the Romulea luteoflora had a nice pale shade of yellow with
some gorgeous darker markings, so I approve!

Perhaps this sojourn in Nebraska will make me more fond of yellow, since I
haven't been inundated with Stella d'Oros!

Best,
Jennifer