If you love the color yellow, there are many different shrubs with bright yellow flowers that you can plant in your garden.
In this article We’ve put together a list of 10 easy to grow yellow flowering bushes that are ideal for pots, borders, shrubberies or privacy hedges.
1. Azalea (Rhododendron)
Azaleas are perennial shrubs with beautiful bright flowers in a variety of colors including pastel yellow and bright yellow. They grow best in a spot with partial shade and need protection from hot afternoon sun.
Azaleas can be trimmed back when they finish flowering to keep the plant tidy and encourage bushier growth.
2. Lydian Broom (Genista lydia)
Lydian Broom is a small deciduous shrub that blooms in early summer.
Lydian broom can be grown in zones 5 to 9. Locate it in full sun. It thrives in dry, poor soils and likes sandy ground. This makes more sense when you learn that it needs sharp drainage (sandy soil drains quickly).
3. Mahonia Shrub (Mahonia spp.)
There are several kinds of Mahonia, a shrub in the barberry family. They are closely related to the better-known barberry shrubs that are so commonly grown in home landscapes. Japanese mahonia (M. japonica) has pale-yellow flowers that bloom in April. Also called Oregon grape or Oregon grape-holly, it grows 5 to 7 feet tall and 7 to 10 feet wide at maturity.
4. St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
St. John’s Wort is a perennial yellow flowering shrub that blooms from mid-summer until fall, followed by reddish colored berries.
It grows 1 to 3 feet (30 to 90 cm) tall and up to 2 feet (60 cm) wide and does best in a position with morning sun and some afternoon shade.
St. John’s Wort is a prolific self-seeder, so it’s a good idea to remove the berries before they ripen to prevent unwanted plants popping up in your garden.
5. Forsythia
6. Witch Hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia)
Witch Hazel is a deciduous yellow flowering shrub that can grow 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 m) high. It blooms towards the end of winter or early spring and can be cut back after flowering to keep it to a manageable size.
The yellow flowers are unusual and have long thin petals extending out from a brown ball.
7. Rose
Rose bushes are always popular in flower gardens and there are many yellow colored roses to choose from including creamy, pastel yellows and vibrant, bright yellows. Roses bloom during spring and the flowers are highly fragrant.
Rose bushes usually grow 4 to 6 feet (1.2 to 1.8 m) high and they need to be pruned back each year.
8. Potentilla Kobold (Potentilla fruticosa)
Potentilla is a small deciduous shrub with beautiful yellow flowers from summer until fall. It grows up to 2 feet (60 cm) tall so it’s perfect for growing in containers or as a border in the garden.
9. Hibiscus
Hibiscus are beautiful perennials with gorgeous big flowers that come in a variety of colors including bright yellow and creamy yellow.
The Hibiscus is another flowering shrub that is known for being low maintenance. Thus, growing this plant is an easy way to enhance the look of your lawn. However, during their blooming stage, the shrubs will require lots of water. Furthermore, the plant needs heavy watering especially when the weather is warm. But once the weather gets cold, the plant will no longer need utmost care and watering.
10. Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
Golden Currant is a small deciduous shrub that can grow 6.5 to 10 feet (2 to 3 metres) tall. It has green foliage that turns red during fall and beautiful yellow flowers during spring.
Golden Currant is mostly grown for its brightly colored flowers but it also produces small black edible currants that can be eaten straight from the bush or used for cooking.