Do you want your flower garden to be noticed by passers-by? Do you want the neighbors to ooh and aah over the beauty and impact of your flowers?
Plant an all yellow flower garden.
Start with annuals as small transplants from the garden center and you'll see results in a few weeks. There are many varieties of yellow or gold annuals to choose from.
Put a few tall sunflowers in the back of the flower bed. Sunflowers come in many heights; aim for a variety that is four to five feet high. This will form the backdrop of your garden. Add tall yellow marigolds in front of the sunflowers; choose a variety that grows 3 to 4 feet high. Mix in a few yellow or gold zinnias. Some varieties of yellow zinnias are Yellow Flame, Golden Yellow or Old Mexico.
In front of the zinnias, put another, shorter variety of sunflowers and also another shorter type of yellow marigold. Sprinkle in some calendulas--they come in a mix of yellow shades--and maybe yellow petunias.
For the front of the bed, choose either Milkmaid or Moonlight nasturtiums, both yellow varieties. Helenium is a daisy-like flower that grows 12 to 15 inches tall. There is a variety called Dakota Gold whose feathery foliage will contrast nicely with the bold leaves of the nasturtiums. Put some helenium near the front of the bed.
There's even a yellow variety of snapdragons, but they're usually part of a multi-colored mixture. You could sort them out if you found enough already blooming at a garden center. Yellow rudbeckia daisies are heat tolerant and will bloom all summer and into fall. Varieties are available in heights from 18 to 40 inches high.
Keep in mind that all the flowers don't have to be the same shade of yellow, as long as they are in the yellow family. Flowers in colors from the palest yellow to the deepest gold will combine to create a stunning display in your yard. The warm yellow tones really "pop" in the landscape.
Since you've used annuals, you can plant the same garden next year or change it around. Or if you're really in love with an all yellow garden, plant one of all perennials.
But that's another article.
Copyright Sharon Sweeny, 2009. All rights reserved.
Sharon Sweeny is a creative copywriter, specializing in gardening and self-sufficient do-it-yourself lifestyles. She divides her free time among her garden in Minneapolis, alternately juggling half a dozen creative projects and blogging on gardening while pondering the exact location of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota.
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