Bring on the sunshine in the garden with these brilliant yellow flowers.
Trees, shrubs and perennials, here is our selection of yellow-blooming flowers that pack a punch of gold!
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3 trees with yellow blooming
Mimosa (acacia)
Variety: Acacia dealbata, also called florist’s mimosa.
- Blooming: in February-March, with tiny feathery spheres that make drab days feel like Spring already.
- Leafage: delicate evergreen leaves that are very ornamental.
- Planting: in April-May or September-October.
- Location: Mimosa loves sun (hardy down to 10°F or -12°C). Since this tallish tree can reach 30 to 60 feet (10 to 20 meters) tall, it’s best to plant it as a standalone.
Scotch laburnum
- Variety: Laburnum (the type species)
- Blooming: flowers form long bunches and are even slightly fragrant.
- Foliage: 3 soft green oval folioles per leaf. Deciduous.
- Planting: in March-April or in October-November.
- Location: sun or part sun, resists freezing down to -5°F (-20°C). This elegant, small tree is excellent as part of a shrub bed, a standalone, and can also make for a good hedge.
Magnolia
- Variety: Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Yellow Bord’
- Blooming: large bowl-shaped flowers that are pale yellow in color. Blooms appear beginning of May, and sometimes a repeat blooming occurs during summertime.
- Foliage: large elliptical deciduous leaves, shiny dark green in color with a soft underside.
- Planting: from March to May or from September to November.
- Location: sun or part sun, can take on cold temperatures down to 5°F (-15°C). At 25 feet tall and 15 wide (8 by 4.5 meters), this fellow deserves to grow as a standalone.
3 yellow-blooming shrubs
Forsythia
Variety: Forsythia x intermedia
- Blooming: striking golden flowers appear before leaves do in February, similar in shape to those of star jasmine.
- Foliage: normal green leaves, deciduous and oval in shape.
- Planting: from March to May or in September-October.
- Location: in the sun or in part shade. Hardiness ranges from -13 to only 5°F (-25°C to -15°C) depending on the variety. Often grown in rows to form hedges, it will also look appealing at the back of a shrub bed, as a standalone, or in large-ish container.
Saint John’s wort
- Variety: Hypericum calycinum
- Blooming: countless clusters of star or bowl-shaped flowers form continuously from June to October.
- Foliage: evergreen oval deep green leaves.
- Planting: in April-May or October-November.
- Location: make the most of its low, bushy bearing and powerful root system to secure the top of a mound. It’s also possible to include it in a shrub bed composition, use it a a knee-high ground cover, or plant it in rocky terrain. Containers and pots are also possible.
Mahonia
- Variety: Common mahonia (Mahonia aquifolium)
- Blooming: flashy yellow flowers form nectar-rich clusters that smell delicious, too. Depending on the variety, these would bloom anytime from August to April. Perfect for shaded portions of the garden.
- Foliage: look uncannily similar to those of holly! Deep green, they’re a lovely bronze-orange hue while still young.
- Planting: Between February and March.
- Location: part shade or full shade, in flower beds, as a hedge, standalone or garden box.
3 bulb perennials that bear yellow flowers
Crocus
- Variety: Crocus ancyrensis ‘Golden Bunch’
- Blooming: between February and March, small cup-like yellow flowers open when the weather is bright.
- Foliage: long, thin leaves clumped together sprout from the base of the plant.
- Planting: plant the bulb from July to November.
- Location: in flower beds, along edges, in rocky terrain, forest underbrush, and pots. Exposure should be sun or part sun.
Daffodil
- Variety: Narcissus jonquilla
- Blooming: golden yellow flowers from March to June, 6 petals forming cute trumpets with a central crown.
- Foliage: long, thin leaves clumped together sprout from the base of the plant.
- Planting: plant the bulb between September and November.
- Location: in flower beds, along edges, in rocky terrain, and pots. Exposure should be sun or part sun.
Forest tulip
Variety: Tulipa sylvestris
- Blooming: wild tulip bestows us with beautiful pointy-petaled corollas end of March, blazing yellow in color.
- Foliage: linear blue-green leaves clumped together sprout at the base of the plant.
- Planting: plant the bulb between September and November.
- Location: prairie, rocky terrain, forest undergrowth (in a sunnier spot, preferably) or in part shade
Credits for images shared to Nature & Garden (all edits by Gaspard Lorthiois):
Yellow crocus bloom on stone by Peggy Choucair under Pixabay license
Branch of blooming acacia dealbata by Max Gloin under Pixabay license
Forsythia focus by KBCH under Pixabay license
Wild forest tulip by Gilles Bassière under © CC BY 2.0
Yellow crocus bloom on stone by Peggy Choucair under Pixabay license
Branch of blooming acacia dealbata by Max Gloin under Pixabay license
Forsythia focus by KBCH under Pixabay license
Wild forest tulip by Gilles Bassière under © CC BY 2.0
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