Lee asked, >First of all, why do so many of you dislike yellow so much (and orange >even more so it seems; The conventional wisdom is that women gardeners like pastels and pinks, and men like deeper, brighter colors, but I think that's wrong. However, there are a lot of flowers in the lavender-pink range, and these do not look good with strong gold-yellow and orange colors, so the latter may be banished from some gardens, especially small ones, because of the clash. I like all colors of flowers myself but keep those two color families separate if possible. In spring it isn't much of a problem because there are few lavender-pink flowers here at that time, except for Erica carnea cultivars and rhododendrons, which do not grow here in the same areas as daffodils and other yellow-flowered bulbs. Like Ken Hixson, who also lives in western Oregon, I think bright gold crocuses are great this time of year, when it is normally gray and dismal here. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon