Does anyone else have a hard time finding just the right yellows? .... I'm especially hopeful to see if descriptions of your posted yellows make it possible to match a daylily with the eye-of-the-beholder's desires... so far, very few yellows have ever made my heart melt ... but I've seen enough amazing yellows to know there must be some to fit everyone's fancy!

I love yellow myself, but am not too crazy about gold or what my neighbor calls school bus yellow. I don't have any real real fancy ones but here are a few I like.

CUSTARD CANDY

EVERMORE LIGHTS


EL DESPARADO


HIDDEN RICHES


JACKI KROPF


LADY BETTY FRITZ


LEROY


RUFFLED BALLET


BIG SMILE


CURLY CINNAMON WINDMILL


EMMA'S GREEN GIANT


GLACIER SUNSET


STARSEARCH


I guess Leroy may not belong. He looks more orange after I posted the pic.

Cindy, you got to the heart of my confusion about yellow ... and thanks for all those helpful daylily pictures! Whenever I try to settle on a yellow that might fit with my other colors ... I get awash in petals that range from beige to ivory to green to school bus orangey to burnt gold...often even to light lavenders, pinks, peaches and beyond.

Is it possible that yellow is like daylily blue ... not a natural occurrence? Maybe it really is only species Gold and Red after all, and hybridizers are just gifted with teasing out all the colors in-between.

But then ... I see the next picture, like Big Smile, and I think ... well, that's got some true pale yellow in it!

What do you think is your yellowist yellow, with your own eyes on the garden?

I've got two that are a beautiful yellow. These look exactly like this in my garden.

Chicago Sunrise


Another picture of Chicago Sunrise


Mary Todd


A light yellow that is pretty, is Big Time Happy. It's too short for me though, and I've sent it to live with my Dad. He said it was gorgeous this year.


Cool it is another one that is light. This one no longer lives with me either, but not because it wasn't pretty. I had to make room for some newer daylilies


Another that I can't find a picture of is Hyperion. It's one of the oldest registered cultivars, but I really love it. It's a very light yellow, and smells wonderful. I used it for hybridizing 2 years ago, trying to pass along it's good smell, and the seedlings smelled even better than it did!

I love the yellows and I just HAVE to start out with my absolute favorite - SPACECOAST IRISH ILLUMINATION. For me it is a perfect pure yellow with just the faintest hint of gold in it, but also green too. It stays brightly colored all day long, has terrific substance, is tall with lots of blooms, I love love love the edges, and i just can't say enough good things about it!

SPACECOAST IRISH ILLUMINATION


Another one that I planted in a front flower bed this year that I think has beautiful sunfast flowers is
BROWNS FERRY SUNLIGHT



Here are another two that are nice mellow yellows for me, and they do fade a little bit in afternoon sunlight so they are even more mellow, but still very attractive.

LIMA - Sorry, but I usually take my pictures in the morning so I don't have any "faded" pictures.


FLORIDA'S GARDEN LIGHT


BUTCH AND BARBARA'S CRACKED EGGS - This is a truly beautiful yellow, very mellow, and I love the edges here in our heat. Most of the beautiful edged daylilies don't look the same in our heat, but this one does!


DESERT ANGEL - I have to give special mention to one of Lyle's first introductions because it is a most beautiful daylily! And it's a mellow one too...


ELOQUENT CAY - Very reasonably priced on the Lily Auction and a wonderful golden toned beauty! And what a difference between sunshine and shade in the pictures!


SUNSHINE ALL DAY - Another of my favorites, very pastel and pleasing. It's a beaut!


I also posted some pictures of yellows with a hint of green in them in the green thread, if anyone is interested.


Edit: I almost forgot another of the more mellow yellows.
EMBOSSED TREASURE


These are all (except for maybe the first) what I consider to be more mellow yellow daylilies. I'll get back later with some bold golds, but I have to get some work done first...

Ruffled Ballet is definitely a true yellow in my garden. Here are a couple more that I did not post.

HARRY BARRAS


CHICAGO STAR



There are quite a few different shades of yellow. A lot of the near whites do have some yellow tinges in them, for example, MOONLIT CARESS

Don't have many yellows as I prefer reds, oranges, and purples. But did receive these three yellows from Blue Ridge as bonuses and I love all of them.

Solar Music. HUGE substantive blooms and fragrance. Nice lemony yellow with some green undertones.


Double Concerto. Deep peachy gold in the shade.


Summer Star


Double River Wye from Earlybird. Light soft yellow.

Cool ... I think I am getting into the "groove" of yellows that stay true, or flash different hues, to delight both in ways ... and that are dancing around and brightening up gardens of all colors. Cooooool!

Nice to see all these nice pics of different yellows as I'm always looking to add to my list. I like yellows as long as they're not too bright. I think every garden needs a little yellow to balance things out.
Betty, that's a nice selection of yellows that you have. I really like the looks of SPACECOAST IRISH ILLUMINATION, BUTCH AND BARBARA'S CRACKED EGGS and EMBOSSED TREASURE.

BUILT TO LAST by John Benz, really holds up well in the rain, one of my favorites.


J.T. Davis, this is a later bloomer


ATLANTA MOONLIGHT


PLANET CLAIRE large flower


CARIBBEAN ANNE MCWILLIAMS


WONDER OF IT ALL beautiful flower but it hangs up much of the time


MIKE LONGO

I like this thread because I only have about 3 yellows, and the only one that bloomed was H.Citrina, which I just love. It is a very old one, hybridized in the late 1800's I believe. I have been watching for yellows because I need some of those glowing ones to offset all of the deep colored dayliles I have. Haven't really found others that have caught my eye, but this thread will help that
jan

SUNNY PERFECTION


SONG OF THE EMPIRE


FASHION POLICE


KWANZA GOLD


JACKI KROPF


NEW PARADIGM


HOG HEAVEN


MINSTRAIL'S FIRE


DUTCH YELLOW TRUFFLE

I'm not too fond of yellow, but there are some I like. I'll ditto Big Smile.

I love all these yellows. I have only a few yellows.
And I'm usually drawn to the colors I don't have.
Changes each year. Are you guys like that?

LET LOOSE



LILLIAN'S WOMAN'S TOUCH



Seedling

Ooh, Kwanza and Big Smile.
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Looks like I have a whole lot more yellow than I remembered.

I forgot I have the Citrina, too, Jan, if that is the one commonly referred to as Lemon Lily. Bought from Earlybird. Hasn't bloomed for me yet, but looking forward to it. Robin was generous with the fans, so they are in several locations.

Irish Elf. Got from Robin, too. Short scapes and very small blooms, so good for in front. Very cute.


Missouri Moon. Earlybird.


Brace Yourself, another Blue Ridge bonus:


Beautiful Edgings has been blooming mostly yellow for me.


Golden Child (from Bentley Gardens through a mamajack sale)

I did not realize how many yellows we have until I started looking at the pictures. Here are some of them.




Happy Returns





Bodacious Returns





Buttered Popcorn





Golden Prize





Imperial Lemon





Jack Carpenter seedling





Jean Swann







Starstruck





Northfield as a poly





So Lovely AHS says near white, but it is pale yellow for us.





Jellyroll Truffle





Hudson Valley









Princeton Point Lace





Blackeyed Stella





NOID Single Somebody very pale yellow with greenish cast





Double Dixie





Beautiful Edgings usually blooms pale yellow for us








Yellow Seedling





Prester John





Moon Over Monterey





Custard Candy--darker than this, usually a creamy yellow








Good Impression





Miss Amelia mass planting a very pale yellow small flower from England





Hyperion





Miss Victoria another small flower from England

nice

I love yellow, bright gold or pale pastel. One of my favorite is an oldie but goodie Grecian Gown, It is a heavy bloomer and always beautiful in form and makes a beautiful clump,. Sets seed easlily, It i a Dip and I wish someone would convert it. I dug and divided this year and have 3 pots of multiple fans for sale at $8. plus shipping if anyone is interested.

Really pretty, Stephanie.

I love the bold golds too:

CONDILLA - A perfect little small double


HOLY GUACAMOLE


HERO'S GOLD


GOLD KISSED


KEEP ON SHINING


BILL NORRIS


STROKE OF BRILLIANCE


CONCRETE BLONDE