Only one of these six is as yellow as it should be. Two are not yellow enough. Two are too yellow. One is not yellow at all, but is affiliated with another who is.

1. Yucca X recurvifolia, curve leaf yucca, which is now known by its new botanical name of Yucca gloriosa var. tristis, remains impressively green after transplant, but is related to the rather sickly looking cultivar, ‘Mellow Yellow’, with ghastly chartreuse foliar color.

2. Cycas revoluta, sago palm, which was transplanted with the curve leaf yucca, displays this more predictably yellowish foliar color now. It should develop its more typical richly dark green color and foliar symmetry as it resumes growth with warmer spring weather.

3. Saccharum officinarum ‘Pele’s Smoke’ sugarcane retains its cultivar designation only because I do not know what it is. It is likely a different cultivar, and might be a different species. Its new foliage is yellow because the weather is still too cool for it to be bronze.

4. Citrus X limon ‘Eureka’ lemon should be more yellow than this by now. None seem to be completely ripe. Variation of ripening is an attribute of ‘Eureka’ since, unlike ‘Lisbon’, it provides a few ripe lemons randomly throughout the year. Still, most ripen for winter.

5. Citrus X limon ‘Eureka’ lemon is susceptible to minor damage from citrus bud mite. It may seem to be more than minor, and for this particular lemon, the damage is obviously quite major. However, only a few of the hundreds of lemons of this tree will be damaged.

6. Narcissus pseudonarcissus ‘King Alfred’ daffodil may be a more modern cultivar, but has been naturalized here long enough to be genuine. Although happy to bloom like this annually, bulbs do not multiply, which is why I can not get many flowers in one picture.

This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate: https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/

10 thoughts on “Six on Saturday: Yellow”

    1. Yes, it happens. What is weirder is that the ‘Buddha’s Hand’ citron, which grows weird tentacles naturally, and is even weirder than this, is somewhat popular. The fruit is inedible, unless chopped up for recipes that utilize lemon rind.

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      2. No; although I formerly grew them while growing citrus trees in the early 1990s, I do not want to grow it in my garden. Ironically, the most elusive but desirable citrus for me has been a Kosher ‘Etrog’ citron, which is related to ‘Buddha’s Hand’ citron, but looks more like an elongated lemon. I ordered a single stock tree in the early 1990s, but it was grafted, and therefore not Kosher, and therefore unqualified to provide Kosher cuttings. Now that I am acquiring more citrus for the home garden, I hope to acquire cuttings of a Kosher ‘Etrog’ citron from a Mitzvah Garden at a Synagogue in town so that I can grow more copies for whomever wants them. If I offer to prune it free of charge, the Rabbi will likely allow me to retain some of the scrap. (Goodness, I got carried away again!)

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  3. My very similar looking Saccharum got chopped to the ground because it looked terrible. I’m very curious whether it will survive outside and grow again next year. I have indoor backups in case it doesn’t.

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    1. It looks terrible here also. Next to the yellow foliage in the picture is the brown dead foliage from last year. I put them in when the rain started so that they could get watered in through winter, but then, the rain stopped, and the light frost started.

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