Full Sun Garden Plants

Full sun plants thrive in the bright, open spots where other plants struggle. These are the beds that soak up six or more hours of direct sunlight every day. Whether you're filling a wide-open border, a sunny slope, or a hot patio container, there's a sun-loving plant for the job. This collection brings together everything you need to make the most of your sunniest spaces.

At Garden Crossings, our full sun plant collection spans annuals, perennials, and shrubs. We hand-pick every variety for vibrant performance in high-light conditions. You'll find bold bloomers, textural foliage, and structural shrubs that work together beautifully. Because every variety here loves full sun, your garden stays colorful and healthy all season long.

Choosing Plants for Full Sun

When selecting plants for a sunny garden, consider more than the number of hours of light they receive. Soil drainage, summer heat, available moisture, mature plant size, and your USDA hardiness zone can all influence how well a plant performs. Mixing annuals, perennials, and shrubs can help create layers of color, texture, and structure while keeping the space interesting throughout the growing season.

For the best results, group plants with similar water and soil needs together. Taller shrubs and perennials can provide a backdrop for lower-growing varieties, while colorful annuals are easy to tuck into open spaces or containers for an extra seasonal boost. With the right combination, a full sun garden can stay bright, balanced, and inviting from spring through fall.

The Blue Chiffon® Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus) showcases light purple blooms among green foliage and other white and red flowers, creating a stunning, deer-resistant accent with a large building in the background. - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.
Illustration of a single-story house with a landscaped front garden, featuring the EZ Scapes™ Pollinator Power Garden Kit with low-maintenance perennials and butterfly plants in purple, white, yellow, and blue lining the walkway. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram of two garden layouts—Shallow Border (10x5) and Deep Border (12x7)—with symbols for Cat’s Pajamas, Rock ’N Round, Amazing Daisies, and Profusion. Ideal for a pollinator garden using the EZ Scapes™ Pollinator Power Garden Kit. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Pollinator Power - Garden Kit

$170.91
$191.90 $170.91
A simple house outline drawing with a front porch, garage door, small windows, and rows of pink and purple shrubs along the front, shown on a plain white background - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.A product layout diagram showing a square garden bed design with rows of circular flower pots. The top row is lavender-purple, the middle row is dark purple, and the bottom row is pink, each with white floral motifs - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Pollinator Sunscape #3 - Garden Kit

$136.73
$145.92 $136.73
The EZ Scapes™ Pollinator Sunscape #4 Garden Kit creates colorful flower beds with purple, pink, and blue blooms, enhancing the front of a single-story house with a porch and garage. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram displays two garden layout options for planting the EZ Scapes™ Pollinator Sunscape #4 Garden Kit, with color-coded circles showing placement for a shallow border and an island bed. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Pollinator Sunscape #4 - Garden Kit

$134.03
$137.22 $134.03
An illustration of a house with flower beds in front, filled with vibrant flowers from the EZ Scapes™ Pollinator Sunscape #5 Garden Kit. Below is a close-up showing the same colorful mix of flowering plants arranged together - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.EZ Scapes™ Pollinator Sunscape #5 Garden Kit: Two garden border designs shallow (10x5) and deep (12x6) featuring flower icons for yellow, purple, and pink blooms, all labeled with species and color codes. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Pollinator Sunscape #5 - Garden Kit

$173.61
$178.90 $173.61
Illustration of a house with rabbit resistant plants in front of itChart showing plant designs with dimensions for shallow and deep borders.

EZ Scapes™ - Rabbit Deterrent Sunscape - Garden Kit

$172.71
$172.80 $172.71
A colored sketch shows a one-story house with a front bed planted with EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #1 Garden Kit, featuring pollinator-friendly perennials in purple, yellow, and blue, plus a detailed kit layout below the house illustration. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram showing two EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #1 Garden Kit layouts—Shallow Border and Island—with three plant types (yellow, blue, purple circles) in 5x10 grids of perennial flowers for pollinator-friendly placement. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Season Long Interest #1 - Garden Kit

$136.73
$139.67 $136.73
Illustration of the EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #3 Garden Kit, showing a house with vibrant pink, purple, and green plants and shrubs in the front garden bed, presented in both front view and close-up design detail. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram of two garden layouts—Shallow Border and Island—featuring the EZ Scapes™ Season Long Interest #3 Garden Kit with groupings of Silver Lining artemisia (green), Dark Side of the Moon astilbe (purple), and Luminary phlox (pink) on 10x5 and 10x10 grids. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Season Long Interest #3 - Garden Kit

$142.13
$148.37 $142.13
An illustrated house front yard displays landscaped beds with pollinator plants from the EZ Scapes™ Spring Pollinator Garden Kit, featuring ornamental grasses and pink, blue, and purple flowering layers. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Illustration shows two border layouts—shallow (5’ x 7’) and deep (7’ x 12’)—with color-coded circles representing pollinator plants from the EZ Scapes™ Spring Pollinator Garden Kit in different arrangements. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Spring Pollinator - Garden Kit

$172.71
$191.90 $172.71
A hand-drawn illustration shows the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #1 Garden Kit: a house with vibrant, deer-resistant, sun-loving flowers and pollinator-friendly plants in front, featuring both a front view and a close-up of the landscaping. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #1 Garden Kit includes a garden design diagram with two layouts—a 10x5 shallow or 12x5 deep border—featuring deer-resistant, pollinator-friendly flowers like dianthus, allium, grass, and hardy hibiscus. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #1 - Garden Kit

$136.73
$146.22 $136.73
Illustration of a house with flower beds in front and around it.Chart comparing shallow and deep border designs with plant names and measurements.

EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #2 - Garden Kit

$170.01
$188.90 $170.01
Illustration of a house with a front yard garden bed featuring clusters of colorful, sun-loving, deer-resistant flowering shrubs from the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #3 Garden Kit, arranged symmetrically by the porch and windows. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two planting diagrams show layouts for the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #3 Garden Kit, using circles to represent three plants: Dianthus (red), Perennial Salvia (pink), and Coneflower (green) on 10x5 or 10x10 grids. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #3 - Garden Kit

$170.91
$181.90 $170.91
Outline of a house with pink and white flowers in front on a white background - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram showing plant layout with colored circles and measurements - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ - Sun-Loving Extravaganza - Garden Kit

$151.12
$156.36 $151.12
The EZ Scapes™ Bronco Country Garden Kit creates a layered garden with orange, white, and purple flowers—purple blooms at the front edge and clusters of orange flowers near the entrance to your house - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two layout diagrams for a 10x5 area show plant placement using the EZ Scapes™ Bronco Country Garden Kit, which includes Cats Pajamas Catmint (purple), Amazing Daisies Shasta Daisy (white), and Pyromania Red Hot Poker (orange) - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Bronco Country – Garden Kit

$134.03
$151.92 $134.03
Illustration of a house with front porch and pitched roof, surrounded by landscaping created with the EZ Scapes™ Buzz & Bloom #2 Garden Kit, featuring purple and green flowering plants and shrubs along the front. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.The EZ Scapes™ Buzz & Bloom #2 Garden Kit features two garden layouts—Island and Pocket Garden—displaying plant symbols for Delosperma, Sedum, Perennial Salvia, and Ornamental Grass on grids with labeled groupings and dimensions. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Buzz & Bloom #2 – Garden Kit

$171.81
$186.90 $171.81
A drawing of a single-story house with a front yard garden planted with the EZ Scapes™ Carolina Pollinator Combo Garden Kit, featuring dense clusters of yellow, orange, red, and purple flowers in landscaped beds - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram shows two flower border layouts—Shallow (10x5) and Deep (12x7)—using the EZ Scapes™ Carolina Pollinator Combo Garden Kit in circular, color-coded patterns - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Carolina Pollinator Combo – Garden Kit

$170.91
$0.00 $170.91
A drawing features a single-story house with a porch and garage, shown with EZ Scapes™ Coastal Combination Garden Kit, displaying landscaped beds of white, pink, purple, and blue flowers. A closeup of the garden bed appears below - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two labeled layouts show EZ Scapes™ Coastal Combination Garden Kit arrangements for shallow and deep borders, with colored circles marking plant positions and heights, plus a key identifying each plant species - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Coastal Combination – Garden Kit

$139.43
$155.92 $139.43
A simple line drawing of a house with a front yard garden planted with the EZ Scapes™ Cut Flower Sunscape Garden Kit; below, a detailed illustration shows the diverse blooming plants from the kit - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Two garden layout diagrams for the 10’x5’ and 12’x12’ borders use colorful icons to show EZ Scapes™ Cut Flower Sunscape Garden Kit plants like Firefly yarrow, coneflower, shasta daisy, and red hot poker arranged by height and color - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Cut Flower Sunscape – Garden Kit

$153.82
$170.91 $153.82
A sketch of a single-story house with a front garden bed planted with EZ Scapes™ Flower Power #3 Garden Kit; a close-up illustration highlights the kit's pink, purple, and green flowering plants below the house. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.The EZ Scapes™ Flower Power #3 Garden Kit features two garden layouts: Shallow Border (10 x 5) and Deep Border (12 x 7), each with four plant types shown in colored circles with icons and labels for easy planning. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Flower Power #3 – Garden Kit

$172.71
$171.15 $172.71
Illustration of a house with landscaped front yard using the EZ Scapes™ Salty Garden Spaces Garden Kit, featuring green shrubs, purple flowering plants, leafy ground cover, and two chairs on the porch. Planting arrangement details shown below. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram of two garden layouts—a 5 x 7 shallow border and a 12 x 7 island—using the EZ Scapes™ Salty Garden Spaces Kit’s three plants in overlapping circles for design ideas. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Salty Garden Spaces – Garden Kit

$136.73
$156.92 $136.73
An illustration shows a house with a front garden planted with the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #4 Garden Kit, featuring clusters of green, purple, and white ornamental grasses and flowering plants arranged symmetrically. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Diagram showing plant layouts for two borders using the EZ Scapes™ Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #4 Garden Kit, with alternating rows of four plant types in blue, purple, green, and white, labeled with names and height guides. - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

EZ Scapes™ – Sun-Loving & Deer Resistant #4 – Garden Kit

$143.93
$156.92 $143.93
Faded Jeans - DIY Annual Combo Kit

Faded Jeans - DIY Annual Combo Kit

$34.17
$35.97 $34.17
Close-up of a cluster of Fairytrail Bride® Cascade Hydrangea flowers and green buds among lush leaves, with sunlight highlighting the cascading petals of this stunning reblooming hydrangea. - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCA Fairytrail Bride® Cascade Hydrangea, with clusters of white flowers and green leaves, sits on a wooden bench in a garden filled with greenery and yellow blooms in the background - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc. Decorative pot not included.

Fairytrail Bride® Cascade Hydrangea

$23.99
$23.99

Close-up of vibrant Fall in Love® 'Sweetly' Japanese Anemone flowers with yellow centers, pink petals and green foliage, surrounded by buds, creates a colorful, lively garden scene with this stunning fall-blooming perennial - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A vibrant garden bed brims with blooming pink flowers featuring yellow centers, including Fall in Love® 'Sweetly' Japanese Anemone, surrounded by lush green foliage and accented with small purple flowers in the lower right corner - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Fall in Love® 'Sweetly' Japanese Anemone

$18.99
$18.99

A hanging basket of Proven Winners' Far and Away Annual Combination, featuring vibrant Supertunia Vista petunias in pink, red, and white, overflows beautifully and hangs by a metal chain against a white background - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc. Decorative pot not included.

Far and Away Annual Combination

$15.99
$15.99