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Full sun plants
1972 garden plants that grow well in full sun, with bloom times and hardiness zones. Match the plant to the light you actually have.
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How this list is made
Derived from each plant's sun needs, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 1,972 plants, 1,624 have been checked against outside sources (78 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.
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FoliageAtlantic White Cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Full sunZones 4–945 ftHigh

Austin Pretty Limits Oleander
Nerium oleander 'ATXNOKHP'
Full sunZones 8–115 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Australia
Canna 'Australia'
Full sunZones 7–105 ftHigh

Autumn Beauty
Helianthus annuus 'Autumn Beauty'
Full sun6 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Autumn Blaze Maple
Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred'
Full sunZones 3–850 ftModerate

Autumn Colors
Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Colors'
Full sunZones 3–72 ftModerate

Autumn Crocus
Colchicum
Full sunZones 4–96 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Damask Rose
Rosa damascena var. semperflorens
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate

Autumn Fire
Hylotelephium 'Autumn Fire'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Autumn Flowering Cherry
Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis'
Full sunZones 5–823 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Gold Narrow-Leaved Sunflower
Helianthus salicifolius 'Autumn Gold'
Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Autumn Inferno Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster 'Bronfire'
Full sunZones 4–75.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Autumn Joy Sedum
Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Autumn Moor Grass
Sesleria autumnalis
Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftLow

Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii
Full sunZones 7–92.5 ftModerate

Autumn Sun Coneflower
Rudbeckia nitida 'Autumn Sun'
Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Avalanche Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Avalanche'
Full sunZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Avant-Garde
Rosa 'Delgramat'
Full sunZones 5–95 ftModerate

Avant-garde Clematis
Clematis 'Evipo033'
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Axminster Gold
Symphytum × uplandicum 'Axminster Gold'
Full sunZones 4–73 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Azure Sage
Salvia azurea
Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Azurri Blue Satin Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus 'DVPazurri'
Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate
FoliageBaby Blue
Picea pungens 'Baby Blue'
Full sunZones 2–720 ftModerate
FoliageBaby Gem
Buxus microphylla 'Baby Gem'
Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum 'Baby Joe'
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Baby Kim Lilac
Syringa 'SMNSDTP'
Full sunZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Bachelor's Button
Centaurea cyanus
Full sunZones 2–112.5 ftLow

Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus var. americanum 'Bailey Compact'
Full sunZones 2–75.5 ftModerate
FoliageBald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Full sunZones 4–959 ftHigh

Ballerina
Tulipa 'Ballerina'
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Balloon Flower
Platycodon
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

Balmy Purple
Monarda didyma 'Balbalmurp'
Full sunZones 4–912 inModerate

Banana Cream
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Banana Cream'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bandana Cherry
Lantana 'Bandana Cherry'
Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bandana Pink
Lantana 'Bandana Pink'
Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bandana Rose
Lantana 'Bandana Rose'
Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageBar Harbor Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
Full sunZones 3–88 inLow

Barbara Mitchell Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Barbara Mitchell'
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bartzella
Paeonia 'Bartzella'
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageBasil
Ocimum basilicum
Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Basket of Gold
Aurinia saxatilis
Full sunZones 3–78 inLow

Bath's Pink
Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'
Full sunZones 3–910 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bathsheba Rose
Rosa 'Auschimbley'
Full sunZones 5–114 ftModerate

Bauer's Cordyline
Cordyline 'Baueri'
Full sunZones 9–118 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera 'JBG 1000'
Full sunZones 7–1011 ftModerate

Beach Plum
Prunus maritima
Full sunZones 3–66 ftModerate

Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
Full sunZones 4–98 inLow

Bearberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri
Full sunZones 5–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bearded Iris
Iris germanica
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Beauty of Moscow
Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Becky
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Becky'
Full sunZones 5–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate

Beekeeper Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Minigold'
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Bela Lugosi
Hemerocallis 'Bela Lugosi'
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Believer Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum 'Yobeliever'
Full sunZones 3–812 inModerate

Belle Étoile
Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'
Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Belleza Dark Pink Gaura
Oenothera lindheimeri 'KLEAU04263'
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow

Benary's Giant Wine
Zinnia elegans 'Benary's Giant Wine'
Full sun3.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Bengal Tiger
Canna 'Bengal Tiger'
Full sunZones 7–106 ftHigh

Berry Awesome
Hibiscus 'Berry Awesome'
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
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