The best perennials for full sun are here at Plant Delights Nursery. Hundreds of sun loving perennials to choose from!
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Paeonia 'Cora Stubbs'
Item #: 4494
Zones: 3a to 8a
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 32" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outPaeonia 'Coral Charm'
Item #: 6186
Zones: 3a to 8a
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per$35.00Sale price $28.00Sold out -
Sold outPaeonia 'Do Tell'
Item #: 17030
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 32" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $34.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Paeonia 'Gay Paree'
Item #: 10372
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $34.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Paeonia japonica
Item #: 2397
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $50.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Paeonia 'Julia Rose'
Item #: 18458
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 1.6 gal. (6 L)
Regular price $45.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Paeonia 'Kansas'
Item #: 5653
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per$35.00Sale price $28.00Sale -
Paeonia 'Krinkled White'
Item #: 6827
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per$35.00Sale price $28.00Sale -
Paeonia 'Miss America'
Item #: 10715
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per$35.00Sale price $28.00Sale -
Sold outPaeonia ostii 'Feng Dan Bai'
Item #: 2527
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $75.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outPaeonia 'Raspberry Sundae'
Item #: 8973
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Paeonia 'Red Charm'
Item #: 6392
Zones: 4a to 8b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Paeonia 'Scarlet O'Hara'
Item #: 5652
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outPaeonia tenuifolia
Item #: 18768
Zones: 4a to 8a
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Bulgaria, Caucasus Mountains, Kazakhstan, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $75.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Pardancanda norrisii 'Sangria'
Item #: 3916
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Pardancanda norrisii 'Wine and Yellow Roses'
Item #: 9768
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $20.00Regular priceUnit price per$25.00Sale price $20.00Sale -
Paronychia kapela ssp. serpyllifolia 'Crème de la Crème'
Item #: 16661
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 1" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: France, Italy, Spain
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Fenway Park'
Item #: 3221
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 1000" tall
Culture: Sun to Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $24.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Patrinia scabiosifolia
Item #: 627
Zones: 4a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 70" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $17.60Regular priceUnit price per$22.00Sale price $17.60Sale -
Pellaea ovata 'Dripping Springs'
Item #: 17039
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $20.80Regular priceUnit price per$26.00Sale price $20.80
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Pellaea viridis 'McLear'
Item #: 6728
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Peltandra virginica 'Purplicious'
Item #: 12164
Zones: 5a to 9b
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 $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Foxtrot'
Item #: 6870
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $19.20Regular priceUnit price per$24.00Sale price $19.20Sale -
Penstemon 'Blackbeard' PP 30,052
Item #: 12732
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular 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.