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Title: Yellow Flowers in May
Post by: eversluys on May 24, 10, 02:26:31 PM

I am trying to figure out what kind of flowers these are... driving up to Lake Arrowhead in May there are a ton of bushes with bright yellow flowers lining the 18 on the south side and 138 on the north side.  They seem to thrive in fairly arid areas.  Does anyone have a name for these?

Title: Re: Yellow Flowers in May
Post by: Snowbird on May 24, 10, 04:57:56 PM

Hi eversluys!

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4yz0dSlzOOc/SGpwh18i-uI/AAAAAAAAAac/SAgkBKgJQbg/06-27-08-Temple+Crag-30.JPG)

Does it look like this? Then it is sulfur-flower buckwheat.

Snowbird

Title: Re: Yellow Flowers in May
Post by: superMom on May 24, 10, 09:22:44 PM

(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/ncrkbau/scotchbroom-3.jpg)

It might also be scotch broom - I know there were tons of them on the way to our cabin in Running Springs when I was a kid.  About May the sides of the roads would be lined with them. 

Title: Re: Yellow Flowers in May
Post by: eversluys on May 25, 10, 11:33:46 AM

I believe Scotch Broom is it.  It blooms every year around my wife's birthday so its her favorite flower.  I want to see if I can find a "domesticated" variant that I can plant in the yard.  Looks like the roadside flowers are pretty obnoxious.

Title: Re: Yellow Flowers in May
Post by: in my dreams on May 25, 10, 12:08:12 PM

I don't think you'll be able to find it at a nursery, its considered an invasive species like pampas grass.

Title: Re: Yellow Flowers in May
Post by: mystic on May 25, 10, 10:08:37 PM

Sweet Broom grows along the highway on the way up to Arrowhead.  Years ago, and I cant remember what came before the broom, I want to say Spanish Broom but I can be wrong but I bought it at Armstrongs in Glendora.  It does well in drought areas.

Title: Re: Yellow Flowers in May
Post by: Wrightwood on Jun 11, 10, 11:20:10 AM