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Full-sun plants

Plants that thrive in full sun, for hot, open, south-facing sites.

4,470 plants

Full-sun plants in the database

Shrub

Dwarf Strawberry Tree

Arbutus Unedo 'Compacta'

FullUSDA 7–11

Conifer

Dwarf Threadleaf Cypress

Chamaecyparis Pisifera 'Golden Mop'

FullUSDA 4–8

Perennial

Dwarf Umbrella Plant

Cyperus Alternifolius V. Gracilis

Deep ShadeUSDA 9–11

Conifer

Dwarf White Pine

Pinus Strobus 'Nana'

FullUSDA 3–4

Bamboo

Dwarf Whitestripe

Pleioblastus Fortunei

FullUSDA 7–10

Shrub

Dwarf Yellow Potentilla

Potentilla Fruticosa

FullUSDA 3–10

Ground cover

Dymondia, Rock Ditty

Dymondia Margaretae

FullUSDA 9–10

Tree

Dynamite Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia Indica 'Dynamite'

FullUSDA 6–10

Ground cover

Eared Coreopsis

Coreopsis Auriculata

FullUSDA 4–9

Annual

Early Sensation Cosmos

Cosmos Bipinnatus 'Early Sensation'

FullUSDA 3–10

Perennial

Early Sunflower

Heliopsis Helianthoides

FullUSDA 3–9

Ground cover

Early Sunrise Coreopsis

Coreopsis Grandiflora 'Early Sunrise'

FullUSDA 4–10

Bulb

Easter Lily

Lilium Longiflorum

FullUSDA 4–7

Cactus

Easter Lily Cactus

Echinopsis Hybrid

FullUSDA 9–10

Vine

Easter Lily Vine, Herald's Trumpet

Beaumontia Grandiflora

FullUSDA 8–11

Shrub

Eastern Bee Balm

Monarda Bradburiana

FullUSDA 5–8

Tree

Eastern Cottonwood

Populus Deltoides

FullUSDA 2–9

Grass

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum Dactyloides

FullUSDA 5–10

Conifer

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga Canadensis

FullUSDA 3–4

Tree

Eastern Hop Hornbean

Ostrya Virginiana

FullUSDA 2–7

Cactus

Eastern Prickly Pear

Opuntia Humifusa

FullUSDA 9–10

Shrub

Eastern Redbud

Cercis Canadensis

FullUSDA 4–10

Tree

Eastern Redbud Oklahoma

Cercis Canadensis 'Oklahoma'

FullUSDA 4–10

Perennial

Eastern Smooth Beardtongue

Penstemon Laevigatus

FullUSDA 5–8

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