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Yellow perennials for partial shade?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Watch out for slugs until the shoots are a couple of inches above ground. After that, they're fine 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    May I suggest globe flower, trollius europeaus?
    Flowers in late spring/early summer, lemon side of yellow, clump forming but not invasive. 
    I grow it in several places and it does well here in damp through to normal soil, even in dappled shade beneath trees but probably not good for a too dry site.  
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Woodgreen said:
    May I suggest globe flower, trollius europeaus?
    Flowers in late spring/early summer, lemon side of yellow, clump forming but not invasive. 
    I grow it in several places and it does well here in damp through to normal soil, even in dappled shade beneath trees but probably not good for a too dry site.  

    Oh that's pretty.  Reminds me of a fat buttercup.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd give fennel a go. It won't mind a wee bit of shade.
    Wild rocket would be perfectly happy. Great for pollinators and very tough, not like the usual one.
    I grow Ligularia  Britt-Marie Crawford which would also be fine [as per the other one mentioned] but the flowers are more gold than yellow. I love it, but the slugs do as well unfortunately, as the foliage is very striking. 
    I have a small plant spare if you want to try it.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    I can recommend Argyranthemum 'Jamaica Primrose'.  It has feathery leaves, grows quite tall and has lovely soft buttery yellow flowers.  I think it would do well in your situation.  It will last until the first frosts but cuttings take really easily.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    Pretty, but poison..
    Digitalis grandiflora
    Aconitum lamarckii.. 
    East Anglia, England
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Not a perennial, but I grow bushy salvia Lemon Pie which is a lovely, delicate lemon/cream. Many such salvias deal with only afternoon sun remarkably well. Not sure if they will be hardy so far north.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I've got the Helianthus Lemon Queen as well,it's well over 2mtr,great for late colour. There are some nice yellow geums,and ranunculus for ground cover. Primroses, lots of different yellows.A mollis is green.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Not tall but we grow winter aconites in heavy clay soil in partial shade. Whilst named "winter" they usually come up mid Spring with lovely yellow flowers. We now have a huge clump of them and they look great near ferns and a small lily pond.
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