Any shade-loving golden yellow annuals?

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Or part shade? Violas (the Johnny Jump Up type) do beautifully in bright shade for me, but they peter out mid-summer, need a season-long bloomer. Wracking my brain and can't think of any golden yellow annuals besides tuberous begonias that can take part-shade to shade.

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Ridolfia segetum - yep, it does like sun but has done OK for me in the shadow of the ramblers. Also euphorbias - I have a bunch of these and I think a couple might be classed as invasives where you are, but e.oblongata does really well for me - I love the stems too.

Would also agree with Embo - calceolarias are good and easy from seed - I sometimes grow a mexicana one called Lemon Drop (as well as the umbels), Fennel might be a decent contender too. Or dill.

Obvious biennials like meconopsis - both the Welsh and Himalayan. I put these criteria into the Jellito seed catalogue...which came up with a measly 3 suggestions. Dicentra scandens was one though (plus dill, and something called seigesbeckia or St.John's wort. So yep, yellow annuals are as rare as hen's teeth.

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Hi Strawberryhill, I got my Golden Borders from Eurodesert. I was actually on a quest for yellow at the time.;) Wandering through the gardens and looking for yellow roses to bring home. It was a VERY hot day as I recall--over 110 I believe with no shade. So a pretty good test to see what did well in that heat, and also who still looked yellow. I came upon Golden Border and recognized it from pictures on HMF. I'd previously searched Cliff's inventory and noted this rose but neglected to ask him about it as I assumed such a wonderful thing would be long sold. I was delighted to come upon it in his garden. Covered in bloom as is characteristic of this plant. There were 2 and I brought 1 home. Didn't take me long to realise I wanted the other! So I contacted Cliff and reserved the second. I think Hortico has or had it. I've never ordered from them so don't have an opinion on their plants. I brought home some other yellows that may also not be all that well known in North America. So I don't know that much about how they'd fare in zones other than mine. One of these is Eurostar which has about a gazillion names on HMF. Looks like an Austin and packs a powerful fragrance. The blooms are chalice-shaped and remind me of a bowl full of lemons. Gorgeous! It grows in a narrow, rigidly upright shape (perfect for the spot I had in mind). But it has one very big drawback--it is heavily armed, and I mean HEAVILY! The thorns are like harpoons.:( Thick, long, hard, and deadly sharp. They can slice through tough, reinforced rose gloves like a hot knife through butter. In order to remove it from its pot I had to tie a rope around one cane to pull it out, simply no safe spot to get a grip on with my gloved hands! But now that it is in the ground I love it. It will be staying where I put it permanently.;) The other one that not so much is known about in North American gardens is Emil Nolde. I didn't get to see it in flower at Eurodesert as it had just finished a flush when I came for yellows. I picked it from descriptions/pictures on HMF. It grows sort of low and spreading. It was pruned heavily back for its trip here and did start growing and budded up. But some creature ATE all the buds and I haven't seen its open flowers yet. I also got from Eurodesert some yellow species roses. I like all of them A LOT! Rosa foetida persiana to me is stunning. Love the globular flower shape and the intense yellow color. I even like the linseed oil fragrance, which I associate with happy horses munching a meal that includes flaxseeds warmed in hot water. This rose bloomed profusely at Eurodesert. It came into my garden and began growing right away and favored me with a second flush (surprise!) as some say it is a once-bloomer (not here!). Another is Rosa alabukensis. Cute beyond words. Single yellow fading to cream. It grows as a small rounded mound. Produces pretty red to black hips. Very prickly and suckers happily. Pretty, small, dark green foliage. It also surprised me after I planted it here with a solitary late bloom in July, so I wonder at the potential to rebloom (maybe I can do more to make it happy). Smells of linseed oil plus something sweet. One of my favorites, so I intend to encourage it to sucker and give me more pups! Supposedly from Russia, and depending on where that might mean it could handle more cold than in my area. A nursery in Canada carries it I think (Brentwood Bay). I also brought home Rosa xanthina. It is a graceful, large species with single yellow flowers. Plentiful small foliage. Melissa
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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1383584/i-so-like-these-fusion-impatiens

"Fusion Glow Yellow Exotic Impatiens"

(I see @mxk3 z5b_MI that you even posted in that 10 year old thread)
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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Various Coleus could provide this color.
lat62
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Nasturtiums do well for me in part shade… they take their time to bloom from seed but they bloom well into fall once they start. I love them in salads.
Marco
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There are some lovely hostas with leaves with yellow centers and green edges and vice versa. The yellows range from greenish yellow to golden. Some mature to tiny size, others to very large size. They are perennial and could provide good structure for your shade garden of annuals. A few coleus have yellow in their leaves, though these tend to greenish-yellow or bronze without a clear yellow between those extremes.

BTW, you didn't name what continent or climate you are in, which would be helpful info.

Good luck getting a sense of light in your shady area. Enjoy your winter garden planning, and Happy New Year.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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If you are interested in perennials, I can suggest a number of long blooming, yellow flowering perennials that would do great in partial to almost full shade.
mxk3 z5b_MI
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Specifically looking for annuals.
lowville5 zone5b/6 ON, Canada
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Oh gee, I'd love to read your suggestions of long blooming, yellow flowering perennials that would do great in partial to almost full shade", gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9) My property has a lot of shade with just hostas, solomon's seal, geranium, lamium, pachysandra, and NO yellow (which is my daughter's favourite colour). I would love to plant tons of yellow!!!
rosaprimula
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good luck, mxk...think you have come across one of natures vacuums.
Iowa Blooms z 5
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Torenia Lemon Drop did well for me in a pot on the east side of the house, tucked under a clematis. It was mostly shade and it flowered all summer long. I have tried them in the ground before where they did not do as well. They crisped up so I think it was either too dry or too much sun (was filtered light under some trees but may have just gotten too much midday sun through the canopy). I bought the seed from GeoSeed a couple years ago. GeoSeed does not have link-able plant profiles but here is one from Ball Seed.

https://www.ballseed.com/PlantInfo/?phid=062106294002896
lowville5 zone5b/6 ON, Canada
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They are beautiful. Thank you, Iowa Blooms z 5!
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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@lowville5, sorry to be so long responding but did not see any further comments on this thread until today.

Yellow flowered perennials for shade:

Ligularia

Lysimachia 'Golden Alexander'

Corydalis lutea

Doronicum, leopard's bane

epimediums

hellebores

Chrysogonum virginianum, green and gold

yellow columbine

And there are lots of gold leaved perennials that thrive in shade - hostas, Aralia 'Sun King', Japanese forest grass, Campanula 'Dickson's Gold', Saxifraga x urbium 'Variegata', Ajuga 'Tropical Toucan', acorus, Astilbe 'Amber Moon', Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate', Vinca minor 'Illumination', various gold or chartreuse leaved heucheras.........
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@lowville5, if you are looking for a native perennial option, consider zigzag goldenrod. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=sofl2
laceyvail 6A, WV
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Also Salvia koyame--late bloomer and vigorous spreader.
mxk3 z5b_MI
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I ended up ordering some yellow nasturtium seeds, I'll see how those do in this spot.
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Thank you, LaLennoxa 6a/b Hamilton ON. I looked for zigzag goldenrod locally last year but wasn't able to source it. With Lost Horizons Perennials reopening (new owners), I'm hoping to find more natives this year.
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Thank you, laceyvail 6A, WV! How thrilled I would be to find Salvia koyame for sale!
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Lowville, you are in Ontario? A bunch of are. Quite a few people I knew were growing zigzag from seed. And there's some very active native plant sellers around, though they all have their quirky ways of doing things :-)
lowville5 zone5b/6 ON, Canada
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Yes, I'm in Lowville (rural Burlington). I used to visit Lost Horizons. And, I went to the annual RBG volunteers' plant sale. However, I don't know about other native plant sellers. Perhaps we could exchange email addresses?
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Snapdragons do quite well in part shade.
diggerdee zone 6 CT
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I second the snaps. How much shade is part shade? I've had decent success with petunias, calibrachoa, marigolds, and yellow salvias in pots on my patio, which is about half shade daily, although the sun is mid-day and hot, so that may help me. And the sun/shade ratio changes as the season progresses (and it gets progressively shadier). Also I have grown thunbergia fairly successfully but it was Blushing Susie not the yellow, but that may work.

:)

Dee
LaLennoxa 6a/b Hamilton ON
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Lowville, I sent you a message :-)

Any shade-loving golden yellow annuals?

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