Mary Sue, I will jump in here. I have been quite out of touch lately but I have been reading the emails when I can. About my favorite yellow flowers, well. That is hard for me since yellow is my least favorite color. But, there are a few that I like despite that fact. One plant that is on the top of my list right now are 2 clivia plants. I am a big fan of the yellow C. miniata hybrids. They are such a bright draw since they are not so common (in gardens or private collections) as yet. There are a few who have them and they are becoming more and more available but not enough to put the impatiens growers out of business <G>. The other clivia is one that I am getting several of in a few weeks. I have a yellow C. gardenii coming. I am hoping to add this into my breeding stock to ge some interesting cyrtanthifloras with pastel colors. So, that is two down. Number three I would have to say is my Sisyrinchium 'Puerto Yellow'. I have so many of these little tufted plants. They just started flowering here in SO. CA. a couple of weeks ago. I expect them to continue for another 4 months. They are only 8-10" tall but they grow and flower well in partial shade or full sun. They have been in full sun in the past but I have moved them into a shadier area since my sun is limited at the beach in the winter. They are flowering just as well now as before. So, number 4 would have to be some of the Sinningia hybrids with yellow. 'Krezdorn Yellow' and aggregata 'Yellow' (both of which I am still wanting to get to flower) are ones that I want to use in my breeding programs. They are good reliable bloomers (for others) and I think they will be just fine for hybrids. And lastly, Lilium 'African Queen'. It is not completely yellow but close enough. It is a huge tower of a lily and increases nicely over time. They fragrance is nice and it surely is an eye catcher. So, there are my top 5. That was really hard <G> ===== John Ingram in L.A., CA. Soon to become http://www.floralarchitecture.com/ check it out soon 310.709.1613 jjingram@adelphia.net Floralartistry2000@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/floralartistry2000/