Favorite Yellow Flowered Bulbs--TOW
Jane McGary (Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:35:07 PST)

Lee asked,

The conventional wisdom is that women gardeners like pastels and pinks, and
men like deeper, brighter colors, but I think that's wrong. However, there
are a lot of flowers in the lavender-pink range, and these do not look good
with strong gold-yellow and orange colors, so the latter may be banished
from some gardens, especially small ones, because of the clash. I like all
colors of flowers myself but keep those two color families separate if
possible. In spring it isn't much of a problem because there are few
lavender-pink flowers here at that time, except for Erica carnea cultivars
and rhododendrons, which do not grow here in the same areas as daffodils
and other yellow-flowered bulbs.

Like Ken Hixson, who also lives in western Oregon, I think bright gold
crocuses are great this time of year, when it is normally gray and dismal here.

Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon