Annual and Perennial Plants for Sun Flowerbed Gardens...

Easy growing annuals and perennials for sunny gardens or part sun gardens...

The above image of Ageratum Blue Horizon and Salvia Victoria Blue taken September 17, 2009

Besides basic garden design questions, the two most often questions I'm asked concern what kind of plants grow in sun and then what plants grow in shade. I have seen many a south facing flowerbed where impatiens are planted in full hot sun and unfortunately are fried to a crisp!

On this page, sun loving plants and the ones that can tolerate some shade will get the chance to advertise themselves... the shade plants are discussed on my Shade Plants page.

Between 2008, 2009 and 2010 I planted all of the sun loving annuals and perennials below. A few hours of part sun will not deter these plants from giving you great blooms providing you have amended the soil, watered regularly (even though some are drought tolerant) and fertilized regularly especially if they are planted in any kind of containers. Also, all of the plants listed below are easy to grow annuals and perennials and easy to maintain.

And remember to deadhead. This really does encourage your plants to bloom throughout the season and not go to seed. Too much of the plants energy goes into seed production so unless you are propagating, get rid of the spent blooms. Each flower page will indicate whether the plant requires a special method of deadheading.

Annuals

• My Ageratum Page
  
• My Alternanthera Royal Tapestry Page
  
• My Argyranthemum Spring Bouquet Page
  
• My Ageratum Blue Horizon Page
  
• My Angelonia Page
  
• My Black-eyed Susan Page
  
• Baby Tut Grass
  
• Bacopa Giant Snowflake
  
• My Bonfire Begonia Page
  
• Solenia Begonia Cherry
  
• My Black Knight Pincushion Flower Page
  
• My Brachycome Swan River Daisy Bravo
  
• My Calendula Page
  
• Chamaesyce 'Silver Fog', or Euphorbia "Silver Fog'
  
• Cleome Senorita Rosalita
  
• My Calendula Bon Bon Mix Page
  
• My Celosia Page
  
• My Cleome Page
  
• Trusty Rusty Coleus
  
• Cleome Senorita Rosalita
  
• My Cosmos Page
  
• My Cosmos Seashells Page
  
• Copperleaf Plant
  
• Trusty Rusty Coleus
  
• Dorotheanthus Mezzo Trailing Red
  
• My Dusty Miller Page
  
• My Felicia Daisy Page
  
• My Gazania Page
  
• German Ivy
  
• My Kochia 'Burning Bush' Page
  
• My Lantana Page
  
• My Marigold Page
  
• My Magilla Purple Perilla Page
  
• My Nasturtiums Page
  
• My Nelia Argyranthemum Page
  
• My Nemesia Page
  
• My Nicotiana Page
  
• My Nicotianas 2009 Page
  
• My Petunias Page
  
• Supertunia Royal Velvet
  
• My Potunias Page
  
• My Portulaca Page
  
• Purple Fountain Grass
  
• Senecio Blue Chalk
  
• Salvia Mystic Spires
  
• Salvia Hot Lips
  
• My Salvia Page
  
• My Scaevola Page
  
• My Snapdragon Page
  
• My Sweet Caroline Sweet Heart Sweet Potato Vine Page
  
• Ipomoea 'Blackie', or Sweet Potato Vine
  
• My Verbena Page
  
• Vinca Wojos Jem Vine
  
• Wire Vine Muehlenbeckia
  

Perennials and Shrubs

• My Ajuga-Bugleweed Page
  
• My Ajuga Chocolate Chip Page
  
• My Astilbe Page
  
• My Achillea-Yarrow Page
  
• My Butterfly Bush Page
  
• My Barberry Shrub Page
  
• My Bee Balm Page
  
• My Bellflower Page
  
• My Beard Tongue - Penstemon Page
  
• My Cornflower Amethyst In Snow Page
  
• My Catmint Page
  
• My Campanula White and Blue Clips Page
  
• My Purple Coneflower Page
  
• My Coreopsis Moonbeam
  
• My Coreopsis Zagreb Page
  
• Dwarf American Cranberry
  
• My Cutleaf Lace Shrub Page
  
• My Dianthus Arctic Fire Page
  
• My Daylily List
  
• My Dogwood Red Gnome Page
  
• My Shasta Daisy Becky Page
  
• My Goldenrod Solidago Page
  
• My Hydrangea Limelight Page
  
• My Hydrangea Annabelle Page
  
• My Hydrangea Quick Fire Page
  
• My Helianthus Page
  
• My Heliopsis Page
  
• My Joe Pye Weed Page
  
• My Dwarf Korean Lilac Page
  
• My Lemon Balm
  
• My Loosestrife Firecracker Page
  
• My Lamiums Page
  
• My Ninebark Page
  
• My Pilosella Yellow Hawkweed
  
• Gold Star Potentilla Shrub
  Globe Thistle
  
• Goldfinger Potentilla Shrub
  Goats Beard Shrub
  
• My Roses Page
  
• My Rockcress Variegated Page
  
• My Rudbeckia Goldsturm Page
  
• My Ribbon Grass Page
  
• My Russian Sage Page
  
• My Speedwell Veroncia Page
  
• My Salvia Blue Night Page
  
• My Sedum Angelina Page
  
• Sedum Purple Emperor
  
• My Sedum Autumn Joy Page
  
• My Virgina Creeper Page
  

The above image taken September 17, 2009 is of the Rudbeckia, Nelia and the Red Petunia in the background.

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