10 Best Full-Sun Plants

Want to give your garden a pretty flowery look during the summers? In this article, you will learn about some beautiful sun-perennials that exhibit nice colors and bloom from one end of the summer season to another. 

Note- These sun-perennials cannot survive in drought conditions and need to be taken care of from time to time. 

Here is the list of the ten best Sun Plants.

Daylilies 

A beautiful seasonal plant that produces abundant flowers in the summer season. The flowers of daylilies are multicolored, and you can plant them either in your mixed cutting gardens. These plants will give a fantastic summer-splashed landscape to your garden. These beautiful plants can be grown either alone in a pot or planted alongside some low-growing seasonal plants. 

Daylilies are not only attractive and give a welcoming sight to your garden, but they also give a cooling effect to the nearby areas during the hot summer season. 

And if you didn’t already know, daylilies are also drought tolerant and can survive in extreme conditions. They come in several colors and sizes, and some of them are scented and can be reblooming as well.

Perennial Salvia- Mealycup Sage (Salvia farinacea)

Salvia is a genus that constitutes a large variety of plants that produce flowers. Mealycup Sage is a blueish-purple flower-bearing plant. A lavender-blue color plant, Victoria Blue is a highly desirable flower. 

Mealycup Sage has an extensive bloom which is longer than Scarlet Sage. This plant blooms in May and can survive up to the frost season. 

Caradonna is another perennial plant that belongs to the genus Salvia and has dark violet flowers like Midnight Navy. However, the spikes of Cardonna are narrower than the latter, which gives the flowers a softer appearance.

Tall Phlex 

If you are a fan of scented plants and flowers, then these must be included in your list of favorites. These plants have a fantastic blast of fragrance and are beautiful tall plants planted indoors or outdoors. They come in a variety of colors, and some of them also have a mixed color palette. These flowers make incredible decorative pots and jars. 

These plants can be planted outdoors in your garden and paired with some tall perennials to give them a beautiful aesthetic look. Or you can even grow them in pots or jars in your room to get a mesmerizing blast of fragrance. 

Coneflowers 

They are scientifically known as echinacea. These are the sun-favorite flowers that stand tall during the daytime during the entire summertime. Pollinators such as bees and butterflies love the scent and color of these flowers. So if you are bee lovers and are trying to protect the bees, planting Coneflowers in your garden would be a good choice. 

Coneflowers can be paired with other season perennials and back border plants to give your garden a cheerful look. 

Coneflowers can also survive in drought conditions and are hardy.

Hollyhocks 

Attractive and graceful, hollyhocks have a remarkably unique appearance and grow in lots of lively shades. They can rise to seven ft. high, making hollyhocks impressive sun perennials ideal for adding charm and a beautiful texture to ground sowings or spaces along rail lines or barns.

Attractive and graceful, hollyhocks have a remarkably unique appearance and grow in lots of lively shades. They can rise to seven ft. high, making hollyhocks impressive sun perennials ideal for adding charm and a beautiful texture to ground sowings or spaces along rail lines or barns. 

These sun perennials attract an abundance of attention from passersby and helpful pollinators like bees and butterflies. The nectar they contain makes them a precious asset in your backyard. 

Hollyhocks are drought tolerant as well as deer resistant.