Container plants for full sun and heat

Container plants are a great way to spruce up your deck, porch, or lawn for the summer. This guide explores some of the best options for container plants that thrive in full sun and heat.

Worried your pot-based annuals and perennials are going to feel the burn this summer? Try these drought-tolerant container plants for full sun and heat – and let the good times roll!

If you’re looking for showy flowers with strong colors, shiny leaves and sometimes exotic looking container plants can look wonderful in that sunny spot on your patio or terrace. Try one of these 15 recommended container garden plants that will thrive full sun and heat:

These tough full-sun container plants stand up to hot summers. Our favorite annuals, tropical foliage plants, herbs, and succulents will thrive even on the hottest days.

Perfect for small gardens, Gomphrena globosa 'Ping Pong Purple' (Globe Amaranth) is a compact annual boasting a profusion of small ball-shaped flowers composed of bright purple papery bracts.

No sun, no problem. Perk up your porch with ideas for potting our favorite shade-loving plants that will inspire your planting this season.

If shade is scarce in your yard, you need some summer flowering plants to add color. Here are several full sun loving flowers.

Keep your garden vibrant even when it's hot with these sun-loving, heat-tolerant annuals that bloom throughout the season!

Looking for flowering shrubs for full-sun areas of your yard? Here are plenty of stunners worth planting, no matter which hardiness zone you're in.

Sunny spots crying out for color? Try full fun flowers in sun, such as zinnias, marigolds, geraniums and African daisies.