Afternoon Sun Plants And Flowers

Coneflowers can be drought tolerant but should be watered regularly in their first season.

Afternoon sun plants and flowers. Purple heart setcreasea purpurea pentas and four o clocks are other annuals to consider. What flowers can take hot afternoon sun. These southern natives thrive in heat and humidity. Hot afternoon sun dries out the leaves and fades the brilliant jewel colors of the blossoms.

You will love this plant from the time that it blooms in the spring right through the first hard frost because. Lantana is a common tropical flower that blooms year round in bright colors like red yellow orange white or pink. The wildflowers attract birds bees and butterflies and make excellent cut flowers. Here are a few plants you should try.

If the sun lovers are not performing the way you d like them to you may need to do some trial and error to find out what does best in your particular set of conditions. Use shade cloth or protective row covers. They bloom best in full sun but can tolerate a little afternoon shade. Best plants for morning shade and afternoon sun baptisia.

Among manzanita and california lilac species you find not only shrubs of every size from compact to arboreal types but ground cover species as well. Annual flowers that do well in direct sunpetunia ageratum salvia moss rose sunflower zinnia marigold. Sun loving coleus and bronze leafed wax begonias may work. Water your garden and shrubs early in the morning.

It is faster growing than manzanita and its flowers are wands of blue. Sunset colored blooms of yellow orange red deep pink or purple reflect the tones of the warm afternoon sunlight and areas receiving six or more hours of light are suitable for plants that. For perennials try dwarf mexican petunia ruellia lilyturf daylilies and speedwell veronica. Pick either hortensias those snowball style flowers or lacecaps flat top flowers with fertile non showy flowers in the center and more showy sterile flowers on the outside.

According to the acidity of the soil. Gardeners in zones 3 to 9 can grow this indigo like plant. Growing lantana is only possible as an annual plant in mild climates. I know i have success in my iowa garden with plants like baptisia amsonia salvia peonies etc in half day sun.

Most sun loving perennials should do all right as long as they get 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. Locate new transplants within the cover of taller neighbors. Keep lawns at least three inches tall.

This spring bloomer that grows up to 4 feet tall.