What flowers are best in full sun?

We have a brickwalkway that we have dug flower beds on both sides of and I am wanting to plant some colorful flowers in the beds. I have already planted the mondo grass on the outside edge of the flower beds and thats looking pretty good, but I really need to find some flowers that are inexpensive and preferably colorful and fairly short that will be able to take the full sun. I bought marigolds but they have wilted. any suggestions???

What flowers are best in full sun?
petunias will do well or colored daisies
Reply:Water your marigolds.





Get some bearded iris to put up against the foundation of the house. Way back there right up with the house. They love it there. Good drainage.





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Brown Eyed Susans are drought tolerant and self seeding. They will come back every year.





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Also Peonies. Lovely flowers.





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If you have room, get a Japanese Maple tree. They are wonderful and short.





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Get a few evergreens so you have some color in the winter too. Holly is nice.
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With the mondo grass a white sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) This is a low-growing groundcover with honey-scented white flowers; highly attractive to beneficial insects; 6 by 8 inches. This little flower seeds itself back.





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Mondo with Golden Creeping Charlie (Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’) or Sedum 'Odon' or a bit taller and more colorful try Spiraea 'Magic Carpet' I might put two spireas then a ground cover of alyssum beside the mondo. The spirea have near red growing tips on gold foliage. Later they have pink flowers but the foliage fades into an even green-gold by then.





Petunia - Many modern varieties have little fragrance, but old-fashioned white or purple vining types release a strong lily-like fragrance at dusk; 1 by 1-3 feet. The old cultivars need pinching to keep in bloom.





Petunias for summer annuals that are easy to care for and colorful. Modern cultivars include:


Madness Series petunias or 'Purple Wave' (an All-America Selections winner) blooms all summer without being pinched back. Purple was the first color of the series, but now there is pink, lavender, lilac, and blue versions as well.


Easy Wave Series; they grow 8 to 10 inches tall and about 3 feet wide. But it's the new Tidal Wave Series that I like. Their 2" blooms just shrug off summer showers instead of folding up.





Hybrid Millifloras, a new class of dwarf petunias, forms mounds 6 to 8" high x wide, they need no pinching to keep blooming. Small flowers come in every color except yellow.





Supertunia and Surfinia Series. Used in beds, they grow practically flat (they're also wonderful cascaders when planted in containers). Both come in a full range of colors and never require pinching.
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good luck!
Reply:here are some flowers that are supposed to thrive in full sun.





Asters: These are annuals (annuals are flowers that complete their entire lifespan in one year). They flower late in the season.





Bachelor Buttons. These are labeled as annuals. But some come back year after year. They also thrive in even poor soil.





Poppy: This is a perennial (meaning they come back year after year). They bloom early in the spring.





Cosmos: These are also labeled as annuals, yet they reseed themselves. Reseeding means that they usually come back on their own. They also thrive in poor soil.





Hollyhocks: These are perennials. But hollyhocks usually will not bloom until the second year.





Lupines. These are perennials. They prefer rich soil.





Black-eyed Susan: This is a perennial. It blooms all summer.





Shasta daisy: This is a perennial. It blooms all summer.





Snapdragon: This is an annual. It has long colorful spikes that are called snaps. It flowers all summer.





Strawflower: This is an annual that gets especially tall, 24" to 36". Plus, the more sun it gets the brighter the colors get.





Sunflowers: These are annuals. The sunflower itself usually last up to 5 weeks. If you buy the autumn beauty variety it can withstand a lot of heat and even drought.





Zinnia: This is an annual.





Geraniums: These are annuals.








Full sun flowers are flowers that can thrive in eight or more hours of direct sunlight a day. You can check the tags that come with each flower to see what type of exposure it can handle.





After you picked out and planted your sun loving plants you still have some things to do.





Fertilizing: Most experts say you should do this every 6 to 8 weeks.





Watering: Strange as this may sound, daily watering isn't a good idea. Experts prefer you water less frequently. They just want you to water more heavily. Deeper watering less often helps the root system to grow stronger. Remember though, if you are getting a lot of rain, nature is handling that duty for you. Over-watering can be bad.





Mulching: This should be done right after planting your full sun flowers. You should have about a 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch. Mulching helps keep the moisture within your soil, helps keeps weeds from growing and keeps the soil cooler.