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PerennialsCoreopsis grandiflora
Tickseed
Tickseed is a cheerful perennial that floods the garden with bright yellow daisy-like flowers from June to September. The plant grows compactly and is particularly suited to dry, sunny borders. Butterflies and bees happily visit the blooms.
Bulbs & tubersEranthis hyemalis
Winter Aconite
Winter Aconite is a cheerful yellow spring flower that wakes the garden from its winter sleep alongside snowdrops. The butter-yellow cup-shaped blooms are surrounded by a green collar of leaves. The tubers naturalise happily and eventually form golden carpets beneath trees and shrubs.
ShrubsForsythia × intermedia
Border Forsythia
Forsythia is one of the first shrubs to bloom in spring with an explosion of bright yellow flowers along bare branches. From March to April, this robust shrub turns the garden golden before the leaves appear. Forsythia grows quickly, is fully hardy, and makes a stunning specimen or hedge plant.
PerennialsHemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'
Daylily 'Stella de Oro'
Stella de Oro is the best-known compact daylily, with golden-yellow trumpet-shaped flowers that appear throughout summer. Each bloom lasts only a day, but the plant continuously produces new buds. The grass-like foliage forms a neat, low clump.
Aquatic plantsIris pseudacorus
Yellow Flag Iris
Yellow flag iris is a vigorous native aquatic plant with graceful, sword-shaped leaves and striking bright yellow flowers from May to July. The flowers have the classic iris form with falls and standards. The plant grows along banks, in marshes and in shallow water, forming a lush green border along ponds and ditches with its abundant foliage.
ClimbersJasminum nudiflorum
Winter Jasmine
Winter jasmine is one of the few climbers that blooms in the depths of winter. The bright yellow, star-shaped flowers appear on bare green stems from December to March, bringing colour to the darkest months. The plant grows as a lax climber that needs support and guidance.
ShrubsKerria japonica
Japanese Rose
Japanese Rose is a cheerfully flowering shrub with bright yellow, buttercup-like flowers on graceful green branches in April and May. The green stems remain decorative in winter. An easy, versatile shrub that thrives in partial shade.
PerennialsKirengeshoma palmata
Yellow Wax Bells
Yellow wax bells is an elegant shade plant with palmate, maple-like leaves and pendulous, waxy yellow bell-shaped flowers appearing in August and September. The graceful, arching stems give this rare plant a particularly refined appearance.
Ground coverLysimachia nummularia
Creeping Jenny
Creeping Jenny is a fast-spreading, trailing ground cover with round, coin-shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers in June and July. The plant spreads via long runners, forming a dense, green carpet. It is ideal for moist spots and pond margins.
PerennialsPrimula vulgaris
Common Primrose
The Common Primrose is one of the most beloved spring flowers, with soft, pale yellow blooms emerging from a compact leaf rosette. Flowering lasts from March to May and heralds the arrival of spring. The plant thrives best in a natural, partially shaded garden.