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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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Ipomoea batatas 'Tricolor'

Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Crocus sieberi 'Tricolor'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Acer buergerianum

Full sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Tropical Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Full sunZones 9–115 ftModerate

Salvia coccinea

Full sunZones 8–102.5 ftModerate

Canna 'Phasion'

Full sunZones 7–105 ftHigh

Tropicanna Gold

Full sunZones 7–105 ftHigh

Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Campsis radicans

Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate

Tufted Evening Primrose

Oenothera cespitosa

Full sunZones 4–98 inLow

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Liriodendron tulipifera

Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate

Turkestan Onion

Allium karataviense

Full sunZones 3–912 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Phlomis russeliana

Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow

Turpentine Bush

Ericameria laricifolia

Full sunZones 7–112.5 ftLow

Lagerstroemia 'Tuscarora'

Full sunZones 7–1016 ftLow

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Lagerstroemia 'Twilight'

Full sunZones 7–1020 ftLow

Schizachyrium scoparium 'Twilight Zone'

Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow

Agapanthus 'Twister'

Full sunZones 7–103.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Undaunted Muhly Grass

Muhlenbergia reverchonii 'Pund01s'

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow

Zinnia elegans 'Uproar Rose'

Full sun3 ftModerate2 ft wide

Muscari armeniacum 'Valerie Finnis'

Full sunZones 4–87 inLow

Full sunZones 7–960 ftModerate

Rosa 'Auseasel'

Full sunZones 5–104.5 ftModerate

Helianthus annuus 'Vanilla Ice'

Full sun4.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Renhy'

Full sunZones 4–87 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Weigela florida 'Variegata'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Variegated Japanese Water Iris

Iris ensata 'Variegata'

Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cotinus coggygria 'Velvet Cloak'

Full sunZones 5–811 ftLow

Velvet Mesquite

Neltuma velutina

Full sunZones 9–1137 ftLow

Helianthus annuus 'Velvet Queen'

Full sun6 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Full sunZones 9–1110 inModerate

Vermillionaire Cuphea

Cuphea hybrid 'Vermillionaire'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Veronica spicata

Full sunZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–86.5 ftModerate

Clematis 'Ville de Lyon'

Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Catharanthus roseus

Full sun12 inLow12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Vintage Jade Distylium

Distylium 'Vintage Jade'

Full sunZones 7–93 ftModerate

Scilla 'Violet Beauty'

Full sunZones 3–85 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pentas lanceolata

Full sunZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Cleome hassleriana 'Violet Queen'

Full sunZones 10–114 ftModerate

Salvia nemorosa 'Violet Riot'

Full sunZones 4–82 ftLow

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Virginia Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Full sunZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Rosa virginiana

Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

Virginia Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Full sunZones 3–98 inModerate

Volcano Cherry Laurel

Prunus laurocerasus 'Jong1'

Full sunZones 6–95.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow

Walter's Viburnum

Viburnum obovatum

Full sunZones 7–1015 ftModerate

Colchicum 'Waterlily'

Full sunZones 4–98 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Angelonia 'Wedgwood Blue'

Full sunZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Wedgwood Blue'

Full sunZones 3–75.5 ftModerate

Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula'

Full sunZones 5–820 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Weeping Norway Spruce

Picea abies 'Pendula'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Weeping White Pine

Pinus strobus 'Pendula'

Full sunZones 3–810 ftModerate

Salix babylonica

Full sunZones 4–939 ftHigh

Weigela florida

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

West Coast Goldenrod

Solidago elongata

Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate

Western Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Full sunZones 5–1012 inModerate

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