Perennial, Full Sun, Little Water, Yellow


Engelmannia pinnatifidia

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Common Name: Englemann Daisy
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

Long blooming native- if it gets leggy cut it back for new growth and bloom,Good for wildlife


Garden Notes: Blooms open daily and are showy in the morning, then they close in the heat of the day.

Dalea jamesii

Common Name: James's Prairie Clover
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 3"
Mature Width: 5"
Description:

Tufts of sivery-green, fingered foliage carry balls of silver wool embedded with lemon flowers. The whole plant smells like lemon.


Calylophus tubicula

Common Name: Texas Sundrops
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 9"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:

Dense herbaceous shrublets of wiry stems bearing yellow flowers with very long tubes- like serrulatus on steroids.


Garden Notes: Plant in warm winter area.

Calylophus serrulatus

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Common Name: Toothed Sundrops
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Subshrub,Blooms heavily in spring then lightly throughout summer. Smaller, mounded plant with narrow leaves.


Calylophus lavendulaefolius

Common Name: Sundrops
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Long blooming, Dense, grey-green plant. Reseeds itself nicely for new plants. Durable and reliable.


Calylophus hartwegii fendleri

Common Name: Fendler's Sundrops
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

Native, Blooms heavily in spring, then occasionally through summer. Reseeds itself nicely for new plants. Durable and reliable.


Calylophus hartwegii

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Common Name: Hartweg's Sundrops
Bloom Season: Spring to Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

Blooms are square and yellow. Long bloom season. Reseeds itself nicely for new plants. Durable and reliable.


Caesalpinia gillesii

Common Name: Yellow Bird of Paradise
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 60"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Good shrub, small tree for hummingbirds. Reseeds readily. Nuisance in flower beds due to reseeding. It tends to come up in the middle of other plants and is difficult to remove due to its deep tap root. Okay surrounded by grass. Little water.


Baileya multiradiata

Common Name: Desert Marigold
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 20"
Description:

Western desert native. Produces yellow blooms for a long period through summer. Self sows?


Aquilegia triternata

Common Name: Southwestern Red Columbine
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Red, Yellow, Orange
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 14"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Grows in the Rockies and more Southerly mountains. Flowers have overlapping shades of orange, yellow and red.