Perennial, Full Sun, Butterflies, Yellow


Rudbeckia fulgida

Common Name: Goldstrum
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

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

Denver Botanical Gardens Plant Select 1999 Large, long blooming plant covered with yellow blooms in summer. Gets bigger and better each year.


Ratibida columnaris

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Common Name: Mexican Hat Yellow
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

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

Panhandle native, drought tolerant, naturalizes, long bloom season, a little extra water improves bloom.


Oenothera macrocarpa missouriensis

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Common Name: Missouri Evening Primrose
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

Fragrant 4" wide blooms open late in the day. Drought tolerant once established. Likes extra water to bloom all summer.


Lantana camara

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Common Name: Lantana
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Butterflies. Annual. Many yellow blooms all summer long, fruits eaten by birds- Adaptable.


Garden Notes: Many different varieties are available. Although an annual, I am growing lantana for the near constant blooms that provide nectar for butterflies.

Gaillardia x grandiflora

Common Name: Mesa Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 20"
Mature Width: 20"
Description:

First year flowering. Drought tolerant with long bloom season. Well branched, compact & early blooming.


Garden Notes: All American Selection winner 2010 and Flouroselect Gold medal winner. Trial for 2010, but I have confidence it will do well.

Gaillardia pinnatifidia

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Common Name: Redeye
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red/Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 10"
Description:

Panhandle native. Unbranched stem to 24". Red bloom with yellow rays. Puffy ball as seed head dries.


Garden Notes: This is another tough panhandle native. It is not particularly showy at any time, but is nice addition to the drier areas of your yard. No additional water is needed once established. It will produce volunteers here and there. No maintenance is required. may want to shear to ground in spring.

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.


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.


Buddleia X weyerana 'GOLDEN GLOW'

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Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow with Pink
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 84"
Mature Width: 84"
Description:

Yellow flower clusters. Hybrid between B. davidii and B. globosa. Produces constant flowers through summer for nectar source for butterflies. Not terribly showy from a distance, but very nice.


Anthemis tinctoria

Common Name: Kelways
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

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

TEST- SHRUBBY PLANT TO 3 FT TALL, DEADHEAD Plants are short lived, divide clumps in spring or fall.