Yellow is one of the primary colors and the easiest color to get noticed. This is the reason for every advertiser to use a significant amount of yellow in their advertisements in order to capture the attention of the viewer. Yellow flowers can be used creatively and smartly to highlight certain key points in your garden like a sculpture, fountain or even just a patch of foliage.
A few examples of yellow flowers are clivia, foxglove and corydalis. Most yellow flowers blossom in shades and look magnificent in dark or shady corners with the green leaves of these plants complimenting them beautifully.
Yellow flowers are particularly suited to welcome the spring season. While we move away from the dark grey shades of winter, a bright yellow can liven up a dull room and be ready for spring. Yellow flowered plants like daffodils and forsythia can be used for picking. Once the actual summers start then a variety of yellow flowers such as dahlias, roses, gladioli, lilies and yellow asters will start being available.
Anizoganthus or Kangaroo paws a plant native to Australia can be used to accentuate the subtle tones of foliage. This plant particularly loves hot weather and hence needs very less care. The Anizoganthus grows about 3 feet in height and about 1 foot wide, prefers the hot sun and dry soil. However, it may need extra care in winter.
Day Lily also called as Yellow Hemerocallis is one another option for perennial borders. Day lilies grow in any kind of soil and usually need very little care except that it needs to be watered initially. Day lilies adapt themselves to all weather conditions even though they love the hot weathers. In winter they hide underground and once the spring comes, they pop their green leaves out of the ground and resume their vigorous growth.
Day lilies grow up to 4 feet tall and produce a lot of flowers. However the day lily lasts just a day and is hence not suitable for flower arrangements.
Studies about colors show that yellow has the ability to make people angry very easily and hence do not overdo yellow. Yellow is best when used to highlight a lot of green foliage. Yellow flowers can be used to highlight beds of cream or white flowers, etc
In the color wheel, the complementary color of yellow is purple and that is the reason why purple violas or dark purple grasses look magnificent when teamed with daffodils and other yellow flowers.
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