Plant List: Perennials for Full Sun

Easy care flowering plants for a full sun garden. This is by no means an exhaustive list of what to grow (nor is it finished - I'm adding to it regularly), just some ideas to get started.

Glossary

Annual: A plant that starts from seed, grows to maturity, produces lots of seeds, then dies all within a year.

Deadhead: the process of removing spent flowers before they go to seed. The plant responds by making more flowers.

Evergreen: Keeps leaves all year.

Perennial: A plant that lives for more than two years.

Tuber: Thick underground stem like a potato.

Perennial Plants for Full Sun Flower Beds

Notes

• All plants that spread by root or division can be divided or cut with a sharp spade at the roots to create new plants to move elsewhere.

• Plants in this list can be planted in areas that get frost.

Name	Evergreen	Spreading	Notes	Image
African Daisy	Yes
Agapanthus	Yes	Yes by root
Californian Poppy		Yes by seed	Can be grown from seed
Catmint		Yes by seed	Fragrant
Chrysanthemum	Will mostly disappear over winter apart from a small clump of leaves at the base. Comes back in Spring but flowers in Autumn.	Yes by root
Convolvulus	Yes	Yes	Ground cover
Dahlia	No - they die back completely over winter and come back in Spring.	Yes by division of tuber	Tubers can be lifted and stored over winter
Dianthus
Gaura	Will mostly disappear over winter apart from a small clump of leaves at the base.	Yes by seed
Iris	Yes though some dieback occurs over winter.	Yes by roots
Lambs Ear		Yes by roots	Good border plant
Lavender	Yes	No	Fragrant
Penstemon	Yes but size reduced over winter.	Yes by roots
Rose	Will only keep a few leaves over winter.	No	Not all varieties are fragrant
Russian Sage		Yes by roots
Salvia	Depends on variety
Seaside Daisy	Yes	Yes by seed	Ground cover
Shasta Daisy	Will mostly disappear over winter apart from a small clump of leaves at the base	Yes
Snow in Summer	Yes	Yes by root	Ground cover
Sweet Alice		Yes by seed	Fragrant. Can function as an annual
Valerian		Yes