What flowers can I plant in FULL SUN?

[BPC]

I know it has been asked on here before, but I need some help, we are planning on buying flowers and bushes for the front of the house and I have no idea where to start. I am looking for something Low maintenance and tough, also they would have to be able to withstand full (All day) Sun. Any help would be appreciative, The areas are not too big, a 10X10 on one side and then Just a 8X3 section along the walkway.

 

[kwillia]

Sunflowers. Dur. Next thread.

 

[RoseRed]

Plastic Gerbers. Dur. Next thread.

 

[vraiblonde]

Million Bells (Calibracoa).

Last year I planted a small pot on my side patio, which gets full sun all day, and they exploded. Had to repot them twice.

They look like mini petunias and come in a bunch of different colors.

 

[Larry Gude]

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good gardeners do nothing

 

[GWguy]

If you google 'full sun plants' or 'full sun bushes', you'll get many ideas.

I've read Hydrangea does well in the sun, so I planted one this spring.

 

[mAlice]

Liatris, Iris, Lilac, Sedum....I'll post more if I think of something. I have the 3 listed. I cat the brown Liatris down in the fall, separate the Iris every couple of years, and I can't remember the last time I touched the Sedum. I have a few other things, but can't remember the names

 

[mAlice]

Gladiolus

 

[vraiblonde]

I'll give you a plug:

Gerbers do very well in full sun.

 

[kwillia]

I'll give you a plug:

Gerbers do very well in full sun.

I tried that one year and found that they are very fast to wilt in full sun on hot days. Not drought resistant at all.

 

[vraiblonde]

I tried that one year and found that they are very fast to wilt in full sun on hot days. Not drought resistant at all.

You should consider a cactus garden.

 

[kwillia]

You should consider a cactus garden.

lol

 

[Larry Gude]

I tried that one year and found that they are very fast to wilt in full sun on hot days. Not drought resistant at all.

Gerbs do best with AM sun, afternoon shade.

 

[GWguy]

Gladiolus

I have a bunch in direct sun. They do well, but they need to be watered occasionally, otherwise the bulbs don't do well the following year.

 

[kwillia]

Gerbs do best with AM sun, afternoon shade.

Seeeeee! It wasn't my thumb's fault afterall! I had mine planted where they had morning shade and full afternoon/evening sun and they just weren't happy at all.

 

[Larry Gude]

Seeeeee! It wasn't my thumb's fault afterall! I had mine planted where they had morning shade and full afternoon/evening sun and they just weren't happy at all.

And did you ask meeeeeeeeeeeeeee about them, huh????? Didja???

No.

Come get 'em and you can have a free tray.

 

[kwillia]

And did you ask meeeeeeeeeeeeeee about them, huh????? Didja???

No.

Come get 'em and you can have a free tray.

Hmmmm... I may just have to visit my sis in Fredneck soon... Now that I know the gerber-sun rule I do have a morning sun/afternoon shade area I could put them in. I had written gerbers off as a fickle-better-as-silk-n-plastic kinda flower...

 

[Pinkflamingo]

Two perennials that are very hardy and love full sun are purple coneflower and heliopsis "summer sun". Both are grown very easily by seed and are very prolific at reseeding too.
A bonus is that in the fall when the seed dries out the goldfinches love them. They come to my yard by the dozen to pick the seeds and eat them.