‘Surfeit of yellow’

A few years ago, I read an authoritative book on perennials published circa 1955. It panned a plant (maybe Lysimachia punctata) as merely contributing to the ‘surfeit of yellow’ that comes with spring. Like Nan over at Hayefield (Hello Yellow) the yellows and ‘ serious chartreuse’ of this time of year are warm and welcome.

Caltha palustris. Note deer that Jade did not chase away.

yellow stuff

A patch of artemisia, the maple leafing out, the neighbor’s willow, tulips at the base of the maple, and those things that kind of look like Doronicums (Leopard’s bane) coming up in the lawn.
yellows

Close-up of the artemisia. It grows dull as the season progresses.
artemisia

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2 thoughts on “‘Surfeit of yellow’”

  1. I wish I could catalog all the different yellows, especially the wild-looking Forsythia everywhere. It’s taking over! But what a beautiful sight.

  2. I haven’t seen it yet this year, but usually there’s a morning — relatively gray — when the forsythia glows on the drive down Ellis Hollow Rd. to work. I fear that I’ll drive off the road from the distraction.

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