Here's a close-up of the flowers for plant #1

Here's plant #2 ... I found a stand of these in the woods behind my house.

These are the flowers

Here's a close-up of the foliage of plant #2

Plant #1 - Golden pea, perhaps? Definitely pea family.

The other is a (short-lived) perennial foxglove. I have some and it will self-sow.

Here is a link that might be useful: Golden pea

Thanks, weedlady. I was thinking along the same lines, but wasn't at all sure. This helps, thanks.

compare your first plant with Thermopsis

The foxglove is Digitalis grandiflora.