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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Color of the Day - Yellow

  It seems to me that most of the summer-blooming sedums have yellow flowers. Not sure if this is really true, or just the ones I own.

But right now, the rock garden is blanketed with yellow. This picture has two different plants, but the farther one is Sedum elecambeanum. I had some of this, and a friend gave me more. It's a great, reliable groundcover.
sedum elecambeanum


Also seen in that photo is Sedum sexangulare (the stalks have 6 sides). It's not one of my favorites, but it does add a lot of color when it is blooming.
sedum sexangulare


Remember those fountain-like sprays of blue-ish sedum that look like spruce twigs? This is what they look like in bloom. Sedum reflexum
sedum reflexum


I showed you this before, but to complete the theme, and it's still blooming wonderfully, this is the Sedum 'Bright Idea.'
sedum bright idea


For the last shot of yellow, we have to go to the front flower bed. That mystery lily is looking great. Last year, it had three flowers. This year it will have four.
yellow asiatic lily


The heat got to me today. I have managed to do 3 hours of computer work and 30 minutes outside. Mostly I read a book and drank ice tea. I'd call it age, but this has been my heat MO for years. We may get some rain and a break tomorrow.

See SunSparkler Sedums

3 comments:

The Oceanside Animals said...

Charlee: "And orange at the end! Or at least, orange enough to please our Dada!"

Ann said...

Everything looks great and that lily sure is pretty.
We've had high temperatures here the last several days. The humidity is what gets me.

Sharkbytes said...

Charlee- tell Dada that the real orange ones are yet to come

Ann- me too