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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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Parthenium integrifolium

Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate

Quercus phellos

Full sunZones 5–957 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Weigela florida 'Wine & Roses'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftModerate

Winecraft Black

Cotinus coggygria 'NCCO1'

Full sunZones 4–85 ftLow

Rhus copallinum

Full sunZones 4–911 ftModerate

Buxus microphylla 'Winter Gem'

Full sunZones 4–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold'

Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Jasminum nudiflorum

Full sunZones 6–1010 ftModerate

Winter King Green Hawthorn

Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'

Full sunZones 4–725 ftModerate

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'

Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ilex verticillata

Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 5–926 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Witherod Viburnum

Viburnum cassinoides

Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate

Wollerton Old Hall

Rosa 'Ausblanket'

Full sunZones 5–1011 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Blue'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Pink'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Purple'

Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–84.5 ftModerate

Hyacinthus 'Woodstock'

Full sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Scirpus cyperinus

Full sunZones 4–84.5 ftHigh

Canna 'Wyoming'

Full sunZones 7–105 ftHigh

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Xanthos'

Full sun1.5 ftLow1.5 ft wide

Syringa vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Yankee Point Carmel Creeper

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Yankee Point'

Full sunZones 8–103.5 ftLow

Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 7–920 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Calendula

Calendula officinalis

Full sun1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Yellow California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Four O'Clock

Mirabilis jalapa

Full sunZones 9–112.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 9–1110 inLow

Gerbera jamesonii

Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate

Yellow Gladiolus

Full sunZones 7–104 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow King Humbert

Canna 'Yellow King Humbert'

Full sunZones 7–105 ftHigh

Crocus flavus 'Yellow Mammoth'

Full sunZones 3–84 inLow

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Marigold

Tagetes 'Yellow'

Full sun12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chrysanthemum 'Yellow'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus

Full sun12 inLow1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Petunia 'Yellow'

Full sun12 inModerate1.5 ft wide

Yellow Portulaca

Portulaca grandiflora

Full sunZones 9–116 inLow

Yellow Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Snapdragon

Antirrhinum 'Yellow'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Limonium sinuatum

Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftLow

Yellow Strawflower

Xerochrysum bracteatum

Full sunZones 8–112 ftLow

Yellow Tropical Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Full sunZones 9–115 ftModerate

Zinnia elegans 'Yellow'

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

Prunus × yedoensis

Full sunZones 5–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cotinus coggygria 'Young Lady'

Full sunZones 4–86 ftLow

Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia

Deutzia 'NCDX2'

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow

Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'

Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Zéphirine Drouhin

Rosa 'Zéphirine Drouhin'

Full sunZones 5–910 ftModerate

Full sun2.5 ftModerate12 in wide

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