I planted an ‘Orange Dream’ Japanese maple last year–emerging leaves are bright gold with lovely red margins, but now in early June it’s transitioning to chartreuse.

I’m with you on the Hakonechloa, Victoria. Even though my shade is limited, I make room there for ‘Aureola’ (and would for ‘All Gold’, as well, if I could find a decent-sized plant that I could afford). I too love ‘Bowles’ Golden’, but it doesn’t like me. I’m glad it does well for you, though. And thanks for the info on ‘Orange Dream’; the catalog pictures of the new foliage are drool-inducing, but I wondered how it looked later on.
-Nan

The bloom day posts are always nice, but it’s these foliage combinations that really do it for me, more so than the flowers, even. And this particular post is a little more wonderful to read because I was just wondering if I might have too many yellows in my garden. I’m not up to your level yet, so I guess not!

Too many yellows? But, but…what more cheerful color for spring?

Oh, yeah – I’m gonna get that soapwort one of these days. But I have a feeling it won’t give up easily.
-Nan

Some favorites you don’t have listed include ‘Tiger Eyes’ Sumac, ‘Sutherland Gold’ Elderberry and ‘Blue Eyed Blonde’ Campanula.

I’ve also grown to love the golden conifers such as ‘Skylands’ Oriental Spruce, ‘Sun Gold’ Chamaecyparis (many other cultivars too), Picea mariana ‘Golden’, ‘Chief Joseph’ Pine- which would be losing it’s gold color now, it’s school bus yellow all winter long and so many others.

Hey there, fellow freak! I totally second the sumac and sambucus; it’s just that they hadn’t leafed out soon enough for the post. Thanks for mentioning some of your other favorites, too.
-Nan