Container Plants For Full Sun - Choosing Full Sun Plants For Containers

Tarragon, lavender, thyme, rosemary, and many others grow best in full sun and are well suited for containers. Desert plants, like agave, and heat-tolerant perennial flowers, like lantana, are other good choices. A spray of an ornamental grass or a grass-like plant makes an attractive addition to a mixed container.

1. What plants grow well in pots in full sun?
2. What plants are good for pots all year round?
3. What are the best plants for outdoor pots?
4. What flowers bloom all summer in full sun?
5. What plants do well in extreme heat?
6. What plants can handle direct sunlight?
7. What plants will survive winter in a container?
8. What flowers stay in bloom all year?
9. What shrubs look good all year-round?
10. What do you put in a large outdoor planter?
11. What are the best shrubs for pots?
12. What flowers take full sun and heat?
13. What annual flowers do well in full sun?
14. What is the best flower for full sun?
15. Can geraniums take full sun?
16. Do hostas do well in full sun?
17. Which plants like afternoon sun?
18. What window is best for plants?
19. What can I plant on a covered porch?
20. What grows well in containers?
21. What do you put in a winter planter?

What plants grow well in pots in full sun?

The Best Flowers for Pots in Full Sun

• Diamond Frost Euphorbia. When you plant Diamond Frost euphorbia, you're planting one of the most award-winning plants ever developed. ...
• Mandevilla Vine. Grow a touch of the tropics with bright mandevilla vine. ...
• Supertunia Petunia. ...
• Bolivian Begonia. ...
• Summer Snapdragon. ...
• Scaevola. ...
• Lantana. ...
• Calibrachoa.

What plants are good for pots all year round?

Top 10 Plants for Patios

• Skimmia 'Rubella' This compact, evergreen shrub is a popular choice for borders and patio containers, where plants will provide colour and interest all year round. ...
• Euonymus 'Emerald and Gold' ...
• Patio Standards. ...
• Agapanthus. ...
• Alstroemeria 'Summer Breeze' ...
• Callistemon 'Hot Pink' ...
• Hebe 'High Voltage' ...
• Buddleja 'Buzz® 3 in 1'

What are the best plants for outdoor pots?

Top 10 plants for containers

• Busy Lizzies (impatiens)
• Clematis.
• Ivy.
• Euonymus 'Emerald 'n' Gold'
• Pittosporum tenuifolium.
• Skimmia japonica.
• Hosta.
• Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum)

What flowers bloom all summer in full sun?

17 Full Sun Annuals that Bloom All Summer

1. Marigolds. The colorful pop of orange is a great addition to any garden, but Marigolds also come in yellow and red shades. ...
2. Petunias. ...
3. Lisianthus. ...
4. Zinnias. ...
5. Begonias. ...
6. Pentas. ...
7. Celosia Spicata. ...
8. Poppy Flowers.

What plants do well in extreme heat?

7 Heat-Tolerant Plants that Love the Sun

• Lantana.
• Lemon Verbena.
• Cosmos.
• Marigold.
• Geranium.
• Salvia.
• Sedum.

What plants can handle direct sunlight?

Full Sun Plants

• Rosemary.
• Shasta daisy.
• Russian sage.
• Yarrow.
• Coreopsis.
• Purple coneflower.
• Blanket flower.
• Lamb's ear.

What plants will survive winter in a container?

10 Winter-Friendly Plants for Your Outdoor Space

• Potted Blue Spruce. The Colorado blue spruce is one of the most iconic evergreens associated with holiday decorating. ...
• Boxwood Hedge. ...
• Cypress Topiary. ...
• Thread-Branch Cypress. ...
• Brown's Yew. ...
• Winter Gem Boxwood. ...
• Ligustrum. ...
• English Boxwood.

What flowers stay in bloom all year?

21 Annual Flowers for Year-Round Color

• Petunia. One of the best annual flowers is the petunia. ...
• Calibrachoa. Calibrachoa looks like a miniature petunia. ...
• Sunflower. A common annual flower is sunflower, but Solar Flare sunflower (shown here) is anything but commonplace. ...
• Stock. ...
• Sweet Alyssum. ...
• Begonia. ...
• Verbena. ...
• Rudbeckia or Black-Eyed Susan.

What shrubs look good all year-round?

31 Flowering Shrubs for Year-Round Color

• Fothergilla. Bottlebrush-like blooms open at branch tips in early spring, before leaves appear. ...
• Azalea. Spring explodes with color when you include azaleas in your yard. ...
• Mountain Laurel. ...
• Rhododendron. ...
• Weigela. ...
• English Lavender. ...
• Lilac. ...
• French Hydrangea.

What do you put in a large outdoor planter?

If you have an especially big planter to fill, light, bulky materials are your best bet. Examples include plastic drink containers, milk jugs, crushed soda cans, foam packing materials and plastic or foam take-out containers.

What are the best shrubs for pots?

10 AGM shrubs for containers

• Rosa Munstead Wood ('Ausbernard') ...
• Luma apiculata. ...
• Rhododendron 'Dopey' ...
• Prostanthera rotundifolia. ...
• Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Queen' ...
• Pieris japonica 'Prelude' ...
• Kalmia latifolia 'Little Linda' ...
• Hebe 'Pink Elephant'

What flowers take full sun and heat?

Annual Flowers That Do Well in Direct Sun

• petunia.
• ageratum.
• salvia.
• moss rose.
• sunflower.
• zinnia.
• marigold.
• geranium.

What annual flowers do well in full sun?

12 Best Annual Flowers for Full Sun

• 01 of 12. Amaranth (Amaranthus) ...
• Celosia (Celosia) Tetsuya Tanooka/Aflo/Getty Images. ...
• 03 of 12. Spider Flower (Cleome) ...
• 04 of 12. Cosmos Flower (Cosmos bipinnatus) ...
• 05 of 12. Cupflower (Nierembergia) ...
• 06 of 12. Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) ...
• 07 of 12. Lantana (Lantana camara) ...
• 08 of 12. Marigold (Tagetes)

What is the best flower for full sun?

The Best Flowers for Full Sun

• Purple Coneflower. Give your garden a burst of color with a drift of native purple coneflower. ...
• Echibeckia. If you like black-eyed susan, check out Echibeckia. ...
• 'Millennium' Allium. Give your garden a touch of fun with the rose-purple spheres of 'Millenium' allium. ...
• Coreopsis. ...
• Bee Balm. ...
• Russian Sage. ...
• Daylily. ...
• Anise-Hyssop.

Can geraniums take full sun?

Most annual geraniums need a spot in full sun, except for the ivy geranium, which grows best in light shade. Perennial geraniums, on the other hand, grow in either sun or shade, depending on the type.

Do hostas do well in full sun?

Hosta varieties with extensive white coloration or with thin leaves are likely to burn in full sun. In general, blue-leaf hostas require shade, while those with fragrant flowers, gold or yellow foliage or slight white variegation can tolerate more sun.

Which plants like afternoon sun?

A short list of plants that are proven winners in areas of late afternoon sun include daylily (Hemerocallis), ornamental sage (Salvia), stonecrop (Sedum), Icelandic poppy (Papaver nudicaule) and yarrow (Achillea).

What window is best for plants?

• South facing windows are the best with bright sun all day, good for any plants with variegation or trees like citrus and banana. ...
• West windows get a long period of direct sun, but usually miss the hottest most intense part of the day, which can damage some plants with medium light requirements.

What can I plant on a covered porch?

Plants that love sun

• Lantana: This is one that all of our plant experts chose as a sun lover. ...
• Wave Petunias: ...
• Marigolds. ...
• Tropicals. ...
• Autumn Joy Sedum. ...
• Ferns. ...
• Coleus. ...
• Begonias.

What grows well in containers?

The Best Vegetables for Containers

• 4-5": chives, lettuce, radishes, other salad greens, basil, coriander.
• 6-7": bush beans, garlic, kohlrabi, onions, Asian greens, peas, mint, thyme.
• 8-9": pole beans, carrots, chard, cucumber, eggplant, fennel, leeks, peppers, spinach, parsley, rosemary.

What do you put in a winter planter?

Ideas for natural materials to enhance your planter

1. Red or yellow twig dogwood.
2. Curly willow twigs/branches.
3. Birch branches.
4. Eucalyptus.
5. Berry sprays.
6. Seed pods and cones.
7. Evergreen cuttings, branches and tree tops.
8. Magnolia branches.