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), nativeTidal 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), nativeCentury Plant (Agave americana), nativeCoral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora), nativeCrossvine (Bignonia capreolata), nativeDaylily (Hemerocallis spp.)Dwarf Indian Blanket (Gaillardia grandiflora), nativeFall 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), nativeJohn Fanick Perennial Phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘John Fanick’)*Knockout™ Rose (Rosa ‘Radrazz’)*Lavender ‘Provence’ (Lavandula x intermedia ‘Provence’)Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens), nativeLord Baltimore Perennial Hibiscus (Hibiscus x ‘Lord Baltimore’)*Mealy Cup Sage (Salvia farinacea), nativeMexican Mint Marigold (Tagetes lucida)‘New Gold’ Lantana (Lantana camara)Oxalia (Oxalis crassipes)Oxblood Lily (Rhodophiala bifida)Pink Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii), nativePurple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), nativePrairie Acacia (Acaciella angustissima), nativeRock Rose (Pavonia lasiopetala), nativeShrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeana)Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata)Texas Buckeye (Aesculus glabra), nativeYellow Bells (Tecoma stans), native
*Texas Superstar plant
