 |  Plant list: Yellow plants
Yellow is a warm prime colour and associates well with the other prime colours, blue and red.
| | | | Latin name: | | Laburnum x watereri ‘Vossii’ | | | | Common name: | | Voss’s laburnum | | | | Type of plant: | | Tree | | | | Hardiness: | | Hardy | | | | Flower colour: | | Yellow | | | | Leaf colour: | | Glossy deep green | | | | Height and spread: | | 10m x 10m (33ft x 33ft) | | | | Description: | |
Deciduous spreading tree grown for the hanging clusters of flowers. But beware of the seeds produced - although they look like hairy pea pods, they are poisonous. Does best in full sun and any but waterlogged soil.
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| | | | Latin name: | | Forsythia x intermedia | | | | Common name: | | Forsythia | | | | Type of plant: | | Shrub | | | | Hardiness: | | Hardy | | | | Flower colour: | | Deep yellow | | | | Leaf colour: | | Mid-green | | | | Height and spread: | | 1.5m to 3m x 1.5m to 2.5m (5ft to 10ft x 5ft to 8ft) | | | | Description: | |
A deciduous bushy shrub that produces a huge number of flowers for its size, which open before the leaves emerge. Prefers full sun. To keep it vigorous, thin out old wood after flowering.
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| | | | Latin name: | | Jasminum nudiflorum | | | | Common name: | | Winter jasmine | | | | Type of plant: | | Shrub | | | | Hardiness: | | Hardy | | | | Flower colour: | | Bright yellow | | | | Leaf colour: | | Dark green | | | | Height and spread: | | 3m x 3m (10ft x 10ft) | | | | Description: | |
Deciduous arching shrub, with flowers which are born along the green stems before the oval leaves emerge. Prefers a spot in full sun, and can be attractively trained against a wall.
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| | | | Latin name: | | Iris pseudacorus | | | | Common name: | | Yellow flag | | | | Type of plant: | | Rhizome | | | | Hardiness: | | Hardy | | | | Flower colour: | | Yellow-gold | | | | Leaf colour: | | Greyish green | | | | Height and spread: | | 2m x 30cm to 45cm (7ft x 1ft to 1.5ft) | | | | Description: | |
Vigorous beardless iris with broad, ridged, sword-like leaves. A branched stem carries four to twelve flowers 5cm to 12cm (2in to 5in) wide often with brown or violet veining.
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| | | | Latin name: | | Primula veris | | | | Common name: | | Cowslip | | | | Type of plant: | | Perennial | | | | Hardiness: | | Hardy | | | | Flower colour: | | Yellow | | | | Leaf colour: | | Mid-green | | | | Height and spread: | | 20cm to 25cm x 15cm to 20cm (8in to 10in x 6in to 8in) | | | | Description: | |
A clump-forming perennial with oval to lance-shaped, mid-toothed leaves which produces tight clusters of flowers on a stout stem. Happy in full sun or part shade, and likes moist soil.
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