The best perennials for full sun are here at Plant Delights Nursery. Hundreds of sun loving perennials to choose from!
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Eryngium pandanifolium
Item #: 3197
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Argentina, Brazil
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eryngium ravenelii 'Charleston Blues'
Item #: 13008
Zones: 6a to 9b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Erysimum pulchellum
Item #: 15375
Zones: 6a to 8a, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Armenia, Iran, Turkey
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Erythrina x bidwillii
Item #: 487
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Erythronium umbilicatum
Item #: 7656
Zones: 6a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter, Summer, Fall
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price perSold out -
Escallonia 'Lades' PP 23,984
Item #: 18065
Zones: 7b to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $0.00Regular priceUnit price perThis plant is available for JLBG Members only.
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Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'
Item #: 1796
Zones: 6b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eupatorium dubium 'Little Pye'
Item #: 18066
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $0.00Regular priceUnit price perThis plant is available for JLBG Members only.
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Eupatorium fistulosum
Item #: 1444
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 144" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eupatorium greggii
Item #: 3668
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eupatorium purpureum 'Baby Joe' PP 20,320
Item #: 9664
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Canada, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eupatorium purpureum 'Little Red'
Item #: 5363
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Euphorbia corollata 'Carolina Snow'
Item #: 4316
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Euphorbia x martinii 'Ascot Rainbow' PP 21,401
Item #: 8887
Zones: 6b to 8b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Euphorbia myrsinites
Item #: 4041
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Southern Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Euphorbia 'Nothowlee' PP 17,178
Item #: 7575
Zones: 6a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Euphorbia robbiae
Item #: 1293
Zones: 6a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Asia Minor
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Farfugium japonicum '3-D'
Item #: 16030
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $26.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Farfugium japonicum 'Argentum'
Item #: 1784
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Farfugium japonicum 'Jagged Edge'
Item #: 16860
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $26.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Farfugium japonicum 'Kinbotan'
Item #: 14900
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $26.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Farfugium japonicum 'Lance-a-lot'
Item #: 17141
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $26.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum 'Marco'
Item #: 2743
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $26.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Fargesia robusta 'Ping Wu'
Item #: 6634
Zones: 7a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $48.00Regular priceUnit price per
More Information About Sun Perennials
Try full sun perennials if photons abound in your garden!
If you are looking to plant sun loving flowers in your garden, then you have found the right place. The best full sun perennial flowers here at Plant Delights are those that can take day after day of bright summer sun without fading or burning. The best full sun plants include desert plants like Agave, Delosperma, Dasylirion, Opuntia and Puya.
There are also plenty of sun loving perennials from prairies and grasslands that don't mind catching some rays either. The best sun loving plants in this category include Echinacea, Coreopsis, Phlox, Agastache and Baptisia. Similar plants come from the sandy plains regions of the east coast and include flowering perennials such as Spigelia, Conradina and Pycnothymus.
There are plenty of ornamental grasses for sun too. Some of the best full sun perennial grasses include Miscanthus, Panicum and Pennisetum.
Of course, many perennials that hail from equatorial latitudes also take full sun with ease. The best examples of these perennial flowers for sun include Cypella, Moraea, Eucomis, Scadoxus and Aloe.
There are even a few oddball perennials for sun that seem like they should be shade plants instead. The best example of this are the sun ferns which include Cheilanthes and Pellaea. And the further north you live, the more perennials for full sun you can find. For example, in the northern US, there are certain hostas for sun that when given plenty of moisture look great catching the rays.
This mini catalog of sun loving plants includes part sun perennials too. When you are ready to buy partial or full sun flowers for your garden, check out our selection of the perennial flowers full sun here at Plant Delights Nursery.
List of just the Full Sun Perennials for sale at Plant Delights Nursery
List of just the Part Sun Perennials for sale at Plant Delights Nursery
Top 10 best flowers for full sun
- Agave - succulent plants for sun
- Baptisia - US native plants for the perennial garden
- Canna - tall sun loving plants with large flowers and tropical foliage
- Crinum - tough as nails...these sun lovers will out survive you.
- Delosperma - great groundcover perennial for sun
- Echinacea - US native plant that also has medicinal uses
- Hemerocallis - Daylilies are the quintessential perennial flowers full sun
- Kniphofia - Red hot pokers look like the sun has set their flowers on fire
- Lantana plant - this sun loving flower attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
- Sedum - Stonecrop is so sun-tough that it is the most frequently used plant on green roofs
Don't forget to check out our article on sun loving flowers entitled, If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Garden.