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Best Full Sun Perennials

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Full sun perennials are the backbone to any garden. These flowers are some of the toughest and best performing plants that you will have in your garden.

There are many types of perennials. Following is a list of the best perennials that we have found to help you make your dreams come true.

In our garden, we are planting more and more perennials so that we won't have to spend so much time and money on annuls that will only last a season.

As you look over the following list, you may find some that bring back memories

Maybe your grandmother grew them in her own yard and it brings back great childhood memories. Maybe you have clipped some pictures out of a magazine, or have seen some of the beautiful gardens in Europe. A field of poppies, sunflowers, or lavender is spectacular.

The following list of full sun perennials is for zone 6 as well as all the South

  • Clump verbena (Verbena canadensis)
  • Coneflowers (Rudbeckia spp.)
  • Northern Sea Oats (Can also take shade)
  • Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
  • Big Sky hybrid coneflowers (Echinacea)
  • Swamp sunflowers (Helianthus simulans)
  • Yarrows (Achillea spp.)
  • Wormwoods (Artemisia spp.)
  • Butterfly Weed(Asclepias tuberosa)
  • False Indigo (Baptisia australis)
  • Snowbank boltonia (Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank')
  • Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum spp.)
  • Shasta daisys (Chrysanthemum xsuperbum)
  • Hairy goldaster (Chrysopsis villosa)
  • Tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora
  • Pinks (Dianthus spp.)
  • Hardy ageratum (Eupatorium coelestinum)
  • Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
  • Gaura (Gaura Lindheimeri)
  • Daylilies (Hemerocallis spp.)
  • Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)
  • Bearded iris hybrids
  • Japanese iris (Iris Kaempferi)
  • Yellow flag iris (Iris Pseudocorus)
  • Roof iris (Iris tectorum)
  • Spike gayfeather (Liatris spicata)
  • Tiger lily (Lilium tigrinum)
  • Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
  • Common Rue (Puta graveolens)
  • Goldenrods (Solidago spp.)
  • Stokes' aster (Stokesia laevis)
  • Red valerian (Centranthus ruber)
  • Showy primrose (Oenothera speciosa)
  • Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)
  • Goodness Grows veronica (Veronica alpina 'Goodness Grows')
  • Verbenas (Verbena spp.)
  • Sages (Salvia spp.)
  • Sedums (Sedum spp.)
  • New Enland aster (Aster novae-angliae)
  • Lamb's ear (Stachys byzantina)
  • Byzantine gladiolus (Gladiolus byzantinus)
  • Spiney Bear's Breeches


TIPS:
  • Soil conditions affect the tolerance to the sun. Plants are able to tolerate more sun in fertile, moist soil.
  • Most all salvias do well. Grasses also grow well, but aren't mentioned here.


  • Here are some books on gardening that we have found helpful.




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