You may be looking for full-sun groundcover Texas plants, perennials, native plants, or even Texas superstars. Many annuals and tropicals love full sun, too.
Best Full Sun Plants for Texas Gardens
Perennials are often the staple of a summer garden. They come back year after year from their own roots. They are easily propagated by seed, division, or cuttings. In many cases, division will invigorate the root system of an herbaceous perennial. Any time blooms seem to be subsiding or a clump is dying out in the middle, it’s time to dig up and divide the plant. Since most perennials have a short flowering period, annuals can provide season-long color. Nectar-rich annuals and perennials also will attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other nectar-seeking insects. Add native plants of Texas to further diversify your landscape with plants acclimated to the area, plus they provide the habitat needed for birds, insects, and other wildlife to survive. Here are full-sun flowers Texas style:
Annuals:
Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas (Pentas lanceolata)* Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)* Larkspur (Consolida ambigua)* Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia angustifolia)* Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis), native* Tidal Wave Silver and Cherry Petunia (Petunia x hybrida)* Vinca Cora Series (Catharanthus roseus)*
Groundcover:
Australian violet (Viola hederacea) Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida ‘Purple Heart’) Dwarf Mexican Petunia (Ruellia brittoniana)
Perennials:
Agastache (Agastache foeniculum) Bearded iris (Iris germanica) Belinda’s Dream Rose (Rosa x ‘Belinda’s Dream’)* Bird of Paradise, Yellow (Caesalpinia gilliesii) Blue Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata) Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), native Century Plant (Agave americana), native Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora), native Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata), native Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.) Dwarf Indian Blanket (Gaillardia grandiflora), native Fall Aster (Aster oblongifolium) Garden Canna (Canna x generalis) German Red Carnation (Dianthus carophyllus) Greek Oregano (Origanum vulgare hirtum) Hinckley’s Columbine (Aguilegia Hinkleyana) Hummingbird Bush (Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii), native John Fanick Perennial Phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘John Fanick’)* Knockout™ Rose (Rosa ‘Radrazz’)* Lavender ‘Provence’ (Lavandula x intermedia ‘Provence’) Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens), native Lord Baltimore Perennial Hibiscus (Hibiscus x ‘Lord Baltimore’)* Mealy Cup Sage (Salvia farinacea), native Mexican Mint Marigold (Tagetes lucida) ‘New Gold’ Lantana (Lantana camara)* Oxalia (Oxalis crassipes) Oxblood Lily (Rhodophiala bifida) Pink Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii), native Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), native Prairie Acacia (Acaciella angustissima), native Rock Rose (Pavonia lasiopetala), native* Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeana) Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata) Texas Buckeye (Aesculus glabra), native Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans), native
*Texas Superstar plant
