Yellow Trumpet-Shaped Flowers With Long, Green, Thin Leaves

The national flower of the Bahamas is a yellow trumpet-shaped flower called the yellow trumpet bush. Many plants that grow from bulbs and corms form trumpet-shaped flowers and have thin, lengthy leaves.

Types

Some types of yellow trumpet shaped flowers include yellow bells (Tecoma stans angustata), daffodil (Narcissus) and freesia (Freesia x hybrida). Yellow bells are related to the yellow trumpet bush and belong to the Bignoniaceae family. Daffodils are from the Amaryllidaceae family and indigenous to Europe and the Mediterranean. Freesias originate in South Africa and belong to the Iridaceae family.

Identification

Yellow bells are a semi-evergreen deciduous perennial shrub. They have green lance-shaped leaves that are 6 inches in length. Their foliage is compound with a serrated edge. The yellow bell has 2.5-inch golden trumpet-shaped flowers. Daffodils have yellow trumpetlike coronas with ruffled edges surrounded by an outer ring of petals. The medium-green leaves of this plant are 15 inches long and 3/4-inch wide. Freesias are herbaceous corm plants with trumpet-shaped flowers in multiple colors, including yellow. The foliage of the freesia plant has narrow 12-inch upright leaves with branched stems.

Time Frame

Yellow bells start blooming in May and finish in October. Daffodils bud in the early spring during March and end in May. Freesias blossom during the summertime.

References

• Texas A&M University Extension: Yellow Bells
• University of Vermont Extension: Narcissus
• North Carolina State University Extension: Freesias
• University of California at Davis Extension: Freesia---Freesia x hybrida