3 Ways to Identify Full Sun Plants (100+ List: Herbs, Vegetables, and More)

The incorrect amount of sunlight or temperature can affect plants. For instance, full-sun plants need the right temperature as well as from 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight each day.

There are three ways to correctly identify full-sun plants for your garden: 1) use heat-zone or plant hardiness maps, 2) know what’s growing there through visual inspections or online research, or 3) check the full list of full-sun herbs, vegetables, fruiting plants, and flowering plants.

Too much or too little sun can make plants change color, sicken and die. In short, plants need the right amount of sunlight to survive and produce. Here are three things that you can do.

Identify the Area

The term “full sun” refers to plants that require 6 to 8 hours of sunshine each day. Too much or too little sun can make plants change color, sicken and die. In short, plants need the right amount of sunlight to survive and produce.

• Lack of sunlight: Full-sun plants that don’t get enough sunlight will lean towards a window or source of light. Outdoors, lack of sunlight makes full-sun plants grow longer, thinner, and weaker.
  
• Too much sunlight: Full-sun plants can also wilt, burn, shrivel, and die due to overexposure to the sun. In such cases, gardeners try and provide more shade or water.

The sunlight hours of your garden can be affected by location, season, sun blockers (shade, cloud cover, mist, fog). Check how your location matters.

• Sunlight hours: Whether your area gets 24 hours of sunlight, 24-hour nights, long or short days, or regular sunlight hours, temperatures and sun exposure varies if your location is on hillside or hilltop, full-or partly shadowed, cloudy, or has constant climate patterns.
  
• Temperature: Aside from sunlight, plants also need the right temperature. Plants that thrive in high temperatures grow poorly or die in low temperatures, and vice versa.
  • Through gradual adaptation, plants can adjust and thrive in different conditions.
  • The plants thriving in your area are perfect indicators of the plant species that have adapted to the prevailing temperature.
  • Check out the American Horticultural Society’s plant heat zone map here. This map shows in red the areas with the highest average daily temperature.
  • Check out the USDA Hardiness Zone Map here. This map shows 12 areas grouped by climate heat and coldness.
    
• Maps: Experts have developed maps that indicate general past trends of climate, temperature, and sunlight exposure in areas around the world.
  • The warmest planting areas in the USA are colored red on the heat zone map
    
• Zone 13: From +15 °C (60 °F) to +21.1 °C (70 °F) such as in Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico
  
• Zone 12: From +10 °C (50 °F) to +15.6 °C (60 °F)
  
• Zone 11: From +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +10 °C (50 °F) such as fields and gardens in the deep South and the coastal areas of the USA

If you’re one of the many who find these maps a bit confusing, try the following:

• The World Plant Hardiness Zones
• Climate zones of the USA
• The Trewartha climate classification system here addresses the limitation of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification system here
• The hardiness zone map of the Arbor Day Foundation here

See What’s Growing

There are several ways for you to identify the full-sun plants that are growing in your area. You can do physical or online surveys. You can drive-by fields, farms, gardens, or you can talk to local experienced plant growers.

• Fresh markets: Visit places that sell fresh produce such as weekend markets, open-air markets, farmers’ markets, the produce section of grocery stories, and flower shops.
  
• Plant markets: Visit stores that sell plants, seeds, and agricultural stuff. They can provide information on full-sun plant varieties for your location.
  • Talk to owners of plant nurseries about their best-selling plant stocks, seedlings, seeds, and hybrids.
  • Seed suppliers and plant nurseries usually list hardiness zones, but those with exaggerated growing zones are usually unreliable. Note that these may not include climate zones, which are important to your plant selection.
    
• Online sources: You can ask questions on Quora, Twitter, or your online community on Facebook. You can look at plant care and plant type sections on Pinterest, ask a search engine, or explore plant databases such as these.
  • The CIA World Factbook contains data about agricultural products of each country.
  • Kew Science maintains a database of almost 2 million plants around the world.
  • Wikipedia has a section on the world’s plants.

Final List of Full Sun Plants

Gardens are purpose-specific. You’re growing flowers for color and ornament, fruits for enjoyment, veggies for nutrition and cooking, or herbs for culinary or medicinal uses.

I’ve included four lists of examples of full-sun herbs, vegetables, fruits, and flowers for you to check out. They’re not complete by all means, but they’re a good place to start.

Before you begin, keep in mind that what we know about weather, temperature, and plants are based on information from the past.

• Climates and temperatures: Local climates and temperatures are changing due to changes in the ozone layer, corona sunspot events on our sun, pollution effects around the world’s mantle, and erratic weather developments. Use these lists for guidance instead of for definitive rules.
  
• Plant species and adaptations: At the same time, the biological exchange, spread, and exports of plant species continue despite national boundaries, rules, and technology. Thus, plants known to grow in one type of climate can adapt and thrive over time in another climate.
  
• Plant traits and characteristics may also change in the course of strain adaptation or species evolution. For instance, harmless plants may develop harmful toxins. Edible parts may become fatal. Again, use the following lists with care.

First, let’s see what herbs thrive in full sun.56 Full-Sun Herbs

The term “herb” can refer to a bush or plant with non-woody stems. That’s a bit confusing when we talk about herbs and herbal stuff.

You see, the term “herbals” actually refers to the roots, leaves, bark, flowers, and other plant parts that can be gathered from vines, bushes, or trees to be used for flavoring, medicinal, perfume, food, and other uses.

In the following herbal identification list, the “zone” labels indicate the USDA plant hardiness zones that correspond to heat zones (average sunshine exposure per day). Put simply, the higher numbers indicate plants that grow well in more sunshine.

In other words, herbals with only high zone numbers love a lot of sun and heat. Those with a range of numbers from low to high mean that they’re fine with various amounts of heat and sunlight.

Warning: The following list is for information only. Please use it with caution. Many of these herbals can be toxic or can cause unwanted side effects.

Common names	Hardiness Zones	Hardiness Zones
Amaranth, love lies bleeding, careless weed, Palmer’s pigweed, Palmer amaranth, dioecious amaranth, tumbleweed	7-13	Amaranthus palmeri
Basil, surasa, sweet basil, joseph wort, garden basil, lemon basil, Thai basil, Genovese basil, purple basil	10-13	Ocimum basilicum
Bay laurel, laurel, Grecian laurel, sweet bay, true laurel,	10-13	Laurus nobilis
Black cumin, black seed, fennel flower, kalonji, black caraway, Roman coriander	5-10	Nigella sativa
Black nightshade, European black nightshade, blackberry nightshade	10-13	Solanum nigrum
Borage, burrage, bugloss, bee plant, beebread, borago, cool tankard	3-10	Borago officinalis
Calendula, marigold, common marigold, ruddles, Scotch marigold	9-11	Calendula officinalis
Canary creeper, canary bird flower, nasturtium	9-13	Tropaeolum peregrinum
Caraway, meridian fennel, Persian cumin, carvi	4-10	Carum carvi
Cayenne pepper, tabasco pepper, bird pepper, chili pepper, sweet pepper, red pepper, Christmas pepper, ornamental chili pepper	9-11	Capsicum annuum
Chervil, French parsley, garden chervil	8-10	Anthriscus cerefolium
Chia, Mexican chia, salba chia	9-12	Salvia hispanica
Chicory, bunk, cornflower, succory, blue daisy, wild endive, horseweed, blue dandelion, coffeeweed, blue sailors, blue weed, ragged sailors, wild bachelor’s buttons	3-10	Cichorium intybus
Flowering onion, chives and garlic chives	3-10	Allium schoenoprasum
Cilantro (see Coriander)	10-13
Coriander seeds, Cilantro leaves, Chinese parsley, dhania	2-11	Coriandrum sativum
Cumin, anis acre, Roman caraway, faux anis	5-10	Cuminum cyminum
Dill, American dill	9-11	Anethum graveolens
Eucalyptus, blue gum, fever tree	8-11	Eucalyptus gunnii, E. globulus, E. nitens
Fennel, marathos	6-11	Foeniculum vulgare
Fenugreek, goat’s horn, Greek hayseed, hilba, methi, Greek clover	9-11	Trigonella foenum-graecum
Ginger, Canton ginger, cooking ginger, canton, stem ginger, common ginger	7-10	Zingiber officinale
Green onion, spring onion or scallion	6-9	Allium fistulosum
Henna, mignonette, Egyptian privet	9-11	Lawsonia inermis
Holy basil, baranda, brinda, Indian basil	7-10	Ocimum sanctum, O. tenuiflorum
Kalanchoe, Madagascar widow’s-thrill, flaming Katy, florist kalanchoe, Christmas kalanchoe,	10-12	Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Lantana, wild sage, west Indian lantana, big sage, red sage, white sage, tickberry, lantana verbena	9-13	Lantana camara
Lemon eucalyptus, lemon scented gum, spotted gum, aerial eucalyptus, Australian fever tree	8-11	Eucalyptus citriodora
Lemon verbena	8-11	Aloysia citriodora
Lemongrass, fever grass, citronella grass, lemon grass, citron grass, West Indian lemongrass	6-9	Cymbopogon citratus
Licorice, liquorice, sweet root, sweetwood	10-13	Glycyrrhiza glabra
Lovage, smellage, Maggi plant, American lovage, Cornish lovage, Italian lovage, old English lovage	3-9	Levisticum officinale
Marjoram, sweet marjoram, knotted marjoram, garden marjoram	6-9	Origanum majorana
Mexican mint marigold, ansillo, sweet mace, Mexican tarragon or marigold, sweet-scented marigold, Texas tarragon, pericón, yerbaniz	6-11	Tagetes lucida
Mint, lamb mint, brandy mint, American mint, lammint, peppermint	3-9	Mentha piperita
Nasturtium, common nasturtium, garden nasturtium, monks cress, Indian cress,  poor man’s capers	9-11	Tropaeolum majus
Nepitella, nepetella, nepeta, lesser calamint, mentuccia, calamintha	5-10	Clinopodium nepeta
Oregano, wild marjoram	5-10	Origanum vulgare hirtum
Parsley, Hamburg, garden parsley, rock parsley, common parsley, German parsley	4-9	Petroselinum crispum
Patchouli, stinkweed, putcha-pot, patchouly, mentha cablin	9-11	Pogostemon cablin
Racemosa coffee	9-13	Coffea racemosa
Red mint, Japanese basil, beefsteak plant, purple basil, pea mint, red raripila, rust-free mint	9-13	Mentha rubra raripila
Rosemary, compass weed, romero, compass plant, rosmarin, incensier, polar plant	7-10	Salvia rosmarinus, Rosmarinus officinalis
Rue, herb of grace, strong-smelling rue, garden rue, common rue	6-11	Ruta graveolens
Sage, Dalmatian sage, kitchen sage, garden sage, red sage, purple sage, golden sage, broadleaf sage	3-10	Salvia officinalis
Scented geranium, sweet scented geranium, rose geranium, rose-scent geranium, old-fashioned rose geranium	8-13	Pelargonium graveolens
Stevia, sweet herb, candy leaf, honey yerba, sweet leaf	8-11	Stevia rebaudiana
Summer savory	10-11	Satureja hortensis
Tarragon, sagewort, long hao, estragon, false tarragon	8-10	Artemisia dracunculus
Thyme, garden thyme, common thyme	4-9	Thymus vulgaris
Turmeric, haldi, manjal	8-13	Curcuma longa
Valerian, garden valerian, all-heal, setwall, garden heliotrope	4-9	Valerian officinalis
Winter savory, mountain savory	6-11	Satureja montana
Wormseed, Mexican-tea, Jesuit’s tea, herba sanctæ Mariæ, paico, epazote	9-13	Dysphania ambrosioides
Yarrow, old man’s pepper, devil’s nettle, stench grass, bloodwort, sanguinary, soldier’s woundwort, milfoil, thousand leaf, nosebleed	3-9	Achillea millefolium

PRO TIP: Full-sun herbs can grow in high, mild, or low temperatures. For instance, winter herbs such as chamomile, coriander, chives, curry leaf, lavender, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, and thyme can be grown in low temperatures provided they get full sun and enough heat.

Next, here’s a list of flowers that thrive in full sun.

56 Full-Sun Flowers

The flowers of a plant usually stand out from foliage with their colors and shapes to attract pollinators (bees). Petals are usually thinner and more tender than leaves, so too much sun can cause colors to bleach, petals to shrink, shrivel, and drop off faster.

In the following list, higher-numbered hardiness zones indicate flowers that bloom well in high temperature and high sunlight hours. Low numbers indicate plants that are hardy and thrive in lower temperatures.

Common Name	Hardiness Zones	Scientific Name
Amaranth, love lies bleeding, spiny amaranthus, needle burr, spiny pigweed, prickly callau, prickly caterpillar, spiny callaloo, sticker weed	2-11	Amaranthus
Amaryllis, March lily, belladonna lily, naked-lady-lily	7-11	Amaryllis belladonna
Anthurium, tailflower, flamingo lily, laceleaf	10-13	Anthurium andraeanum
Aster, sweet aster, Chinese aster, New England aster, European Michaelmas daisy, calico aster, smooth aster, Italian aster, aromatic aster, New York aster	7-13	Aster ageratoides
Baby’s breath, common baby’s breath, showy baby’s breath, panicled baby’s breath	1-13	Gypsophila paniculata
Begonia, angel wing begonia, cane-stemmed begonia, coral begonia	6-12	Begonia semperflorens cultorum
Bellflower, American bellflower, Codonopsis, Chinese bellflower, dane’s blood, clustered bellflower	3-11	Campanula
Blanket flower	3-11	Gaillardia
Bolivian begonia	10-12	Begonia boliviensis
Bougainvillea, paper flower	10-12	Bougainvillea glabra
Bugleweed, bugle herb, St. Lawrence plant, carpetweed, carpet bugleweed, common bugle, burgundy glow, bronze beauty, blue bugle,	4-11	Ajuga reptans
Bulbine, burn jelly plant, stalked bulbine, cat’s tail, snake flower	9-11	Bulbine frutescens
Calendula, pot marigold, ruddles, marigold	9-11	Calendula officinalis
Canna, purple arrowroot, edible canna, Indian shot, African arrowroot, Sierra Leone arrowroot	10-12	Canna indica
Carnation, clove pink	6-12	Dianthus caryophyllus
Chrysanthemum, mums, chrysanths, golden daisy	10-13	Chrysanthemum indicum
Clematis, western blue, virgin’s bower, mountain clematis	9-12	Clematis occidentalis
Coleus	11	Plectranthus scutellarioides
Columbine, granny’s bonnet	3-11	Aquilegia
Coral bell, alum root	4-11	Heuchera
Cosmos, garden cosmos, Mexican aster	3-11	Cosmos bipinnatus
Dahlia, dinner plate dahlia, Kelvin floodlight	8-12	Dahlia pinnata
Daisy, English daisy, lawn daisy, common daisy	4-11	Bellis perennis
Desert rose, mock azalea, impala lily, kudu, sabi star	10-13	Adenium obesum
Diamond frost, graceful spurge, baby’s breath euphorbia	10-12	Euphorbia hypericifolia
Fanflower, fairy fan flower	9-11	Scaevola aemula
Gardenia, cape jasmine	8-11	Gardenia jasminoides
Geranium	9-12	Pelargonium
Geranium, cranesbill, wood cranesbill, woodland geranium	9-11	L. Geranium sylvaticum
Gerbera daisy, Transvaal daisy, Barberton daisy	5-12	Gerbera jamesonii
Hibiscus, China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow shoeblack plant,	10-11	Hibiscus rosa sinensis
Ixora, jungle geranium, flame of the woods	9-11	Ixora coccinea
King’s mantle, bush clock vine, potato bush	10-11	Thunbergia Erecta
Lady banks rose, bank’s rose, climbing rose	9-11	Rosa banksiae
Lantana, lemon glow, wild sage, West Indian lantana	7-12	Lantana camara
Lavender	7-11	Lavandula angustifolia
Lisianthus, prairie gentian, bluebell gentian	9-12	Eustoma
Mandevilla, rock trumpet	9-11	Mandevilla
Million bells, seaside petunia, mini petunia, trailing petunia	9-11	Calibrachoa parviflora
Moss rose, moss-rose purslane, rose moss, rock rose, eleven o’clock, sun rose, Mexican rose,	2-11	Portulaca grandiflora
Mugwort, St. John’s plant, sailor’s tobacco, naughty man, riverside wormwood, felon herb, old Uncle Henry, chrysanthemum weed, wild wormwood	4-10	Artemisia vulgaris
Nemesia	6-11	Nemesia caerulea
Parakeet flower, false bird-of-paradise, parrot’s flower, parrot’s beak, parrot’s plantain,	10-13	Heliconia psittacorum
Penta, Egyptian star cluster, star flower	9-11	Pentas lanceolata
Periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, annual vinca	10-12	Catharanthus roseus
Petunia	10-11	Petunia
Pineapple sage, tangerine sage	8-11	Salvia elegans
Plumbago, cape forget me not, blue plumbago	9-11	Plumbago auriculata
Plumed cockscomb, silver cock’s comb	10-12	Celosia argentea
Plumeria, nosegay, frangipani	10-13	Plumeria rubra
Powderpuff, red powderpuff, pink tassel flower, pink powder-puff	9-11	Calliandra haematocephala
Sacred lotus, Indian lotus, Egyptian bean, water lily	8-13	Nelumbo nucifera
Scarlet rosemallow, crimson rosemallow, swamp hibiscus, red hibiscus, wild red mallow	6-12	Hibiscus coccineus
Spider flower, pink queen, grandfather’s whiskers	10-12	Cleome hassleriana
Summer snapdragon, angelonia	9-11	Angelonia angustifolia
Sunflower	4-8	Helianthus annuus

Next, let’s look at some fruiting plants that thrive in full-sun conditions.

34 Full-Sun Fruits

Heat-loving, fruit-bearing trees, bushes, and vines can provide us with an abundance of fruits in the right temperature and light. The good news is, many fruit-bearing plants from colder zones can be grown in higher-temperature zones too.

For instance, winter fruits such as raspberry, pear, grape, plum, apple, and blueberry can flourish in full sun at the right temperatures. Here are other fruit-bearing plants that love the sun.

Common Name	Hardiness Zone	Scientific Name
Ackee, akee apple, ankye, achee, ayee	10-13	Blighia sapida
Alupag, longan, lychee,	10-13	Dimocarpus didyma
Ambersweet, Mandarin orange	9-11	Citrus sinensis
Avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear	9-13	Persea americana
Banana	5-13	Musa
Barbados cherry, acerola	10-13	Malpighia emarginata
Calamondin orange, calamansi, Philippine lemon, Philippine lime	9-11	Citrofortunella microcarpa
Cantaloupe, rock melon, sweet melon, Persian melon, muskmelon, netted melon, nutmeg melon	7-11	Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
Cashew, kaju, cashew apple, cashew nut	9-11	Anacardium occidentale
Chinese-laurel, wild cherry, currant tree, Queensland cherry, bignay, salamander-tree,	10-13	Antidesma bunius
Coconut palm, coconut	11-13	Cocos nucifera
Dragon fruit, white-fleshed pitahaya	10-11	Hylocereus undatus
Grapefruit, pomelo, pamplemousse	9-13	Citrus × paradisi
Guava, yellow guava, lemon guava, apple guava, Brazilian guava	9-13	Psidium guajava
Jackfruit, breadfruit, jack tree	10-13	Artocarpus heterophyllus
Java olive, poon tree, wild indian almond, hazel sterculia	10-13	Sterculia foetida
Kiwi, kiwifruit	9-11	Actinidia deliciosa
Lemon, citron, limon	9-13	Citrus × limon
Loquat, Japanese plum, Japanese medlar	9-13	Eriobotrya japonica
Lychee, Chinese cherry, leechee	10-12	Litchi chinensis
Mango, manga, ambra	10-12	Mangifera indica
Mangosteen, manggis	11-13	Garcinia mangostana
Melon	9-11	Cucumis melo
Miracle fruit, miracle berry, sweet berry, miraculous berry	10-13	Synsepalum dulcificum
Navel Orange	9-13	Citrus sinensis Osbeck
Papaya, pawpaw	10-13	Carica papaya
Passion fruit, grenadine, purple granadilla	10-12	Passiflora edulis
Pineapple guava	9-13	Acca sellowiana
Pineapple, piña	9-11	Ananas comosus
Plantain, plátano, cooking banana, French plantain	10-13	Musa × paradisiaca
Pomegranate	9-13	Punica granatum
Soursop, custard apple, guanabana, Brazilian paw, cherimoya, graviola	10-13	Annona muricata
Starfruit, carambola, five-corner	10-12	Averrhoa carambola
Sugar apples, sweetsop, custard apple	10-11	Annona squamosa

If your area experiences irregular seasonal or climatic patterns, this may be caused by pollution damage to the ozone layer or other meteorological conditions. In that case, please use the preceding tables as guides rather than as definitive standards.

20 Full-Sun Vegetables

The best time to plant full-sun veggies is during the warm season between mid-March and mid-April when temperatures start rising up to the 90s.

However, autumn or winter vegetables such as artichoke, arugula, broccoli, carrot, chard, collard, kale, broccoli, beetroot, cabbage, cauliflower, fava bean, garlic, kohlrabi, lettuce, leek, parsnip, shallot, spinach, and zucchini can grow in with the right light and temperature.

PRO TIP: For full-sun vegetables, the best sunlight exposure would be a combination of morning sun and afternoon sun because hot midday sun can burn tender leaves.

Common names	Hardiness Zones	Scientific names
Alpine mignonette strawberry	9-13	Fragaria vesca
Bush bean, string bean, green bean, garden bean, dwarf bean, kidney bean, field bean, snap bean, French bean, pole bean	3-13	Phaseolus vulgaris
Carrot, garden carrot, little finger carrot	3-10	Daucus carota sativus
Chard, beet, garden beet, red beet, spinach beet, sea kale beet, swiss chard, rhubarb	2-11	Beta vulgaris
Corn, maize, milho	2-11	Zea mays
Cucumber, gherkin, garden cucumber	4-12	Cucumis sativus
Eggplant, aubergine, melongine, garden egg, guinea squash	5-13	Solanum melongena
Kale, collards, green cabbage, leaf cabbage, borecole, wild cabbage	7-9	Brassica olera
Lettuce, iceberg lettuce, butterhead lettuce, red lettuce, bibb lettuce, romaine lettuce	7-13	Lactuca sativa
Mexican coriander, culantro, sawtooth coriander, long coriander, shadow beni, recao	9-13	Eryngium foetidum
Okra, ochro, ladies fingers, gumbo	6-11	Abelmoschus esculentus
Peas, green pea, snow pea, snap pea, English pea, sweet pea, garden pea	7-11	Pisum sativum
Pumpkin, gourd, musky gourd, winter squash, calabash	3-12	Cucurbita moschata
Radish, garden radish, cultivated radish, wild radish, Chinese radish, Japanese radish, Oriental radish, mooli, rabano	3-11	Raphanus sativus
Rocoto pepper, tree pepper, tree chili, rukutu	11-13	Capsicum pubescens
Spinach, samba lettuce	7-11	Spinacia oleracea
Sweet potato, yam, English sweet potato, Spanish sweet potato, Brazilian arrowroot, camote	10-12	Ipomoea batatas
Tomatillo, Mexican husk tomato, wild tomatillo, Mexican ground cherry, large-flower tomatillo, tomatillo ground-cherry, tomatillo, jamberry	6-10	Physalis philadelphica
Tomato, cherry tomato, garden tomato	3-13	Solanum lycopersicum
Zucchini, summer squash, field pumpkin, autumn squash, courgette, ornamental gourd, summer squash, winter squash, acorn squash, pepper squash, butternut squash	4-12	Cucurbita pepo

Takeaways

You need to know your full-sun plants so that you can move potted plants to where they can get enough sunshine or provide them with the right amount of artificial lights.

On the other hand, if you’re gardening outdoors, you want to know what not to plant in shaded areas. To summarize:

1. Full sun: The term “full sun” refers to plants that require 6 to 8 hours of sunshine daily. These can be herbs, vegetables, fruiting plants, or flowering plants that need high, low, or average temperatures. (Note: full sun does not mean high temperature).
   
2. Sunlight hours: Too much or too little sunlight can affect the health and productivity of plants. The number of sunlight hours of each area can be determined by location according to plant hardiness zone mapping.
   
3. Climate temperature: The climate temperature of each area affects plants, not just by the amount of sunshine but also by the amount of rain, snow, moisture, and wind according to the mapping of average area temperatures.

Here you know now what are the full sun plants. I wish you happy gardening!

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