Whats yellowish and wont die ?

Ive got a neighbour/customer/friend lol whos moveing from her house to a flat soon due to health reasons and the fact the family dont give a dam about her :rolleyes: and she loves her garden but only has a tiny patio where shes going and her favorite clour is yellow so whats yellow and can withstand not being watered much ? im stumped to be honest :confused: she cant move to well so she wont be able to water anything much and the flat is abit out of the area i work so i wont be able to do it often .....

 

Hi spudbristol I think you might take a look at a rose of some kind I will try to get back to you with a name.

 

Yellow flowers or foliage? Lots of yellow variegated foliage around, give a look to this list, just one list out of many!

http://www.gardenseeker.com/coloured_foliage.htm

 

How about something like Pyracantha (golden sun)?

http://www.hedging.co.uk/acatalog/product_10277.html

Looks nice, flowers great in spring, rich yellow berries in autumn/winter (adding perhaps much needed colour/warmth) and is great for bumble bees. Fast growing too, and I guess you could trim and shape it also.

 

Oh I forgot, If sheltering in winter is a possibility Crassula ovata has beautiful variegated forms, and will stand quite a lot of neglect, while still looking beautiful. Unfortunately large plants may easily cost half a fortune, but even a smallish specimen makes a nice "side dish" to larger plants.

 

Graham Thomas is a nice yellow rose but will want a nice big pot as its fairly vigoruse, prune it HARD.

Other than that, Golden holly (ilex aquafolia) Perhaps bulbs eg narcissi, yellow tulips, lillys.

 

Choisia "sundance"

 

If regular underwatering is going to be the norm then you need to advise drought resistant plants.

Many of the rock plants are to varying degrees - Alyssum montanum and wulfenianum, both have bright yellow flowers.
The Californian poppy Eschscholzia californica are mainly yellow to orange and will tolerate dry conditions. Also the yellow Oenothera macrocarpa.
The species tulips are more drought tolerant than the modern cultivars and hybrids.

Perhaps you could arrange some simple drip watering system for the containers.

http://www.raffia.plus.com

 

Thanks for all the idears i ve not seen the place yet so im not sure how much room there is so when ive seen it ill decide i just want her to have something nice to look at ....

 

I just remembered while walking in the garden that there is also a sedum spectabile (or telephium?) "Aureovariegatum". It is undemanding, and has a very nice colour,but of course it'snot a big plant and it blooms pink.

 

You could put some marigolds in a pot to tide her over - obviously they are only annuals but are fairly tough if left dry

 

I agree with Pete for one option Chiyosia Sundance (Mexican Orange Blossom), is very pretty and can be container grown and has small white flowers with a lovely orange blossom smell in spring. Foliage is limey-yellow green and is evergreen. I have two in my garden. Euphorbia Polychroma too is lovely though evergreen-ness is a bit iffy.

Good luck.

 

spud, first of all, how nice of you to care that much:thumb:

I'm sure you have lots of ideas from here now. Must say I'm a bit worried about getting in that situation myself, flatwise (& hubby i mean, of course). At least your friend has somewhere to put some pots. She'll get lots of enjoyment out of them.

Will you be able to hear about what she finally settles for & let us know?

cheers

 

How about a yellow-flowering Phyrgium? Tough little plants that seem impossible to kill