31 plants for the balcony that can withstand a lot of sun

If the sun hits the balcony for hours during the day, many flowers will not survive. You do not have to do without a sea of ​​flowers, because there are numerous "sun worshipers" among the balcony plants who love a location with a lot of sun. The following list provides an extensive selection for flower lovers and hobby gardeners in order to easily find the ideal balcony plant for sunny balconies or roof terraces.

Balcony plants from A to H

1. Asters (aster)

• Common names: Garden aster, autumn aster, summer aster
• Height: 15 to 50 centimeters
• Spread: 5 to 30 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny
• Flowers: blue-violet, white-yellow, violet-yellow, pink
• Flowering time: depending on the variety between and October (autumn asters)
• Leaves: deciduous
• Special features: decorative cut plant, very robust, blooming, perennial

2. Blue fan flower (Scaevola aemula)

• Growing upright and overhanging
• Growth height: up to 20 centimeters, but shoots up to 100 centimeters
• Spread: up to 60 centimeters
• Location: partial shade, sun, full sun
• Flower: yellow, pink, violet, white, blue
• Flowering period: May to October
• Leaves: simply shaped, smooth edge, hairy
• Special features: lime-tolerant, perennial, overwintering possible

3. Colored nettle (Solenostemon scutellarioides)

• Ornamental foliage plant
• Height: 30 to 60 centimeters
• Spread: 10 to 30 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny, preferably direct sun, but outside the hot midday sun
• Blossom: inconspicuous umbels with bluish flowers
• Flowering period: June to October
• Leaves: shades / marbling in green, red, brown, violet, yellow, pink
• Special features: resistant to drought, copes very well with prolonged heat, frost-free wintering required
• Information on care here

4. Triple flowers (bougainvillea)

• Climbing plant
• Height: 150 to 300 centimeters
• Preferred location: full sun
• Flower: yellow, orange, pink, red, white
• Flowering period: March to October
• Leaves: medium green, small
• Special features: not winter hardy (temperatures up to a maximum of five degrees Celsius), popular balcony plant
• Information on care here

5. Elven spur (Diascia)

• Half upright, half hanging, creeping growing
• Height: 20 to 30 centimeters
• Spread: up to 40 centimeters
• Location: sunny
• Flowers: red, pink, white, apricot, violet
• Flowering period: May / June until the first frost
• Leaves: round to heart-like shape
• Special features: most varieties are not hardy, very easy to care for balcony plants

6. Rockcress (Arabis blepharophylla)

• Upholstery
• Height: 20 to 30 centimeters
• Spread: 10 to 20 centimeters
• Preferred location: lots of sun to partially shaded
• Flower: pink, white, violet, crimson
• Flowering period: April to May
• Leaves: lanceolate, notched edge, fine hairs, dark-green or gray-green - depending on the species
• Special features: evergreen, ideal as a ground cover in balcony boxes or tubs

7. Geranium (pelargonium)

• Growth height: 25 to 40 centimeters - hanging geranium up to 150 centimeters
• Spread: between 40 and 50 centimeters
• Preferred location: full sun to partial shade
• Flower: white, pink, red, violet, two-colored
• Flowering period: May to late autumn
• Leaves: green, gray-green or blue-green
• Special features: depending on the type, intense fragrance, frost-free winter storage, ideal for window boxes, buckets or hanging baskets

8. Hyacinths (hyacinthus)

• Growing upright, clumpy
• Height: 50 to 60 centimeters
• Spread: 40 to 70 centimeters
• Preferred location: tolerates a lot of sun, but thrives better in partial shade
• Blossom: deep purple, white, pink, blue, red, light yellow, golden yellow, salmon colored
• Flowering period: June to August
• Leaves: heart-shaped, pointed, entire, gray-green
• Special features: suitable for cutting, robust, hardy

9. Hussar button (Sanvitalia)

• Growing upholstery
• Also known as Miniature sunflower
• Height: 20 to 35 centimeters
• Spread: up to 60 centimeters
• Preferred location: lots of sun
• Flower: yellow, orange
• Flowering period: April to October
• Leaves: entire, dark green
• Special features: annual, not suitable for overwintering, ideal balcony plant for summer color

Plants from I to N

10. Indian flower tube (Canna)

• Only suitable for balcony tubs
• Height: 50 to 200 centimeters
• Spread: 60 and 100 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny to partially shaded
• Flower: grapes or panicles
• Flowering time: from around June until the first frost
• Leaves: green, long, partly arranged like scales
• Special features: not winter hardy, as a marsh plant, high humidity is required

11. Cape basket (osteospermum)

• Also known as Bornholmmargerite
• Growth height: up to 50 centimeters
• Spread: up to 20 centimeters
• Preferred location: off-sun, sunny
• Flower: yellow, pink, violet, white, blue
• Flowering period: June to October
• Leaves: entire
• Special features: poisonous balcony plant, available annual and perennial

12. Catnip (Nepeta)

• Common name: Real catnip
• Dense perennial
• Height: 30 to 80 centimeters
• Spread: 20 to 60 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny
• Flower: yellow, blue-violet, white (panicles)
• Flowering period: June to August
• Leaves: oval, rounded, narrow, notched
• Special features: depending on the species, strongly scented, floriferous bee nourishing plant, deciduous, likes heat

13. Liver balm (Ageratum houstonianum)

• Upright, bushy balcony plant
• Height: 80 to 100 centimeters
• Spread: 20 to 50 centimeters
• Location: partial shade, sun, full sun
• Flower: pink, violet, white, blue
• Flowering period: May to October
• Leaves: heart- to ovate
• Special features: predominantly annual cultivation, poisonous, ideal combination with small balcony plants
• Information on care here

14. Flax (linum)

• Height: 30 to 60 centimeters
• Spread: 20 to 30 centimeters
• Preferred location: lots of sun
• Flower: blue, violet, white
• Flowering period: June to August
• Leaves: linear, lanceolate, entire, smooth, matt
• Special features: bee-friendly, ideal balcony and roof greening, hardy

15. Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus)

• Trivial names: Maulauferl, dog head
• Growth height: depending on the species up to 120 centimeters
• Spread: depending on the species up to 100 centimeters
• Preferred location: lots of sun, sheltered, warm
• Flower: red, pink, orange, yellow, white, two-colored
• Flowering period: June to August
• Special features: annual ornamental plant, partially hardy, sensitive to lime, tolerates drought very well

16. Daffodils (Narcissus)

• Early bloomer
• Height: 10 to 90 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny to partially shaded
• Flower: white, yellow or orange or two-colored
• Flowering period: March to May
• Leaves: linear, deciduous, light-, dark- or blue-green
• Special features: poisonous, ideal cut flower

17. Carnations (Dianthus)

• Upholstery specimens
• Growth height: up to 20 centimeters
• Spread: up to 30 centimeters
• Location: needs a lot of sun
• Flower: pink, violet
• Flowering period: June to August
• Leaves: lanceolate, rounded, narrow, entire, evergreen
• Special features: needs nutrient-rich soil, subtle floral scent, popular cut flower

Plants from O to

18. Oleander (Nerium oleander)

• Growth height: up to 300 centimeters
• Spread: up to 150 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny, full sun
• Flower: orange, pink, red, white
• Flowering period: June to September
• Leaves: lanceolate, leathery
• Special features: perennial, hardy, bushy growth
• Information on care here

19. Olive tree (Olea europaea)

• Common name: Olive tree
• Height: 400 to 600 centimeters
• Spread: 200 to 300 centimeters
• Location: needs a lot of sun
• Flower: inconspicuous, white-yellow
• Flowering period: April to May
• Leaves: leathery, evergreen
• Special features: very vigorous, heart roots, ideal winter garden and balcony plant

20. Petunias (petunia)

• Height: 20 to 80 centimeters
• Spread: 15 to 30 centimeters
• Location: partial shade, sunny, full sun
• Flower: pink, red, violet, white, blue, multicolored
• Flowering period: May to October
• Leaves: simply shaped, smooth edge, hairy
• Special features: lime intolerant, toxic, perennial, not hardy, must winter warm

21. Purslane florets (Portulaca grandiflora)

• Growth height: up to 15 centimeters
• Spread: up to 10 centimeters
• Location: sunny, full sun
• Flower: yellow, multicolored, orange, pink, red, violet, white
• Flowering period: June to October
• Leaves: lanceolate, rounded, narrow, entire, evergreen
• Special features: very bee-friendly, likes it very dry, prefers stony, sandy soil
• Information on care here

22. Magnificent candle (Gaura lindheimeri)

• Common name: Prairie candle
• Height: 80 to 100 centimeters
• Spread: 40 to 60 centimeters
• Location: sunny, full sun
• Flower: white
• Flowering period: June to October
• Leaves: lanceolate, notched, dull, glabrous
• Special features: stylish permanent bloomer, hardy

23. African Lilies (Agapanthus)

• Common name: love flowers
• Growth height: up to 100 centimeters
• Spread: up to 100 centimeters
• Location: sunny
• Flower: white, blue and two-colored
• Flowering period: June to August
• Leaves: linear, rounded, entire, glossy
• Special features: very high flower stalks, bee-friendly, optimal container plant

24. Tulips (tulipa)

• Height: 10 to 70 centimeters
• Location: lots of sun
• Flower: yellow, red, blue, white, orange, two-colored
• Flowering time: depending on the variety / species, March to May
• Leaves: upright stems with four to six lanceolate leaves
• Special features: poisonous, annual

TIP: With proper care and overwintering, you can plant your tulips as a perennial plant.

Balcony plants from V to Z

25. Verbenas

• Also known as verbena
• Height: 30 to 60 centimeters
• Spread: 20 to 40 centimeters
• Location: sunny
• Flower: violet-blue, white, red, pink, multicolored
• Flowering period: July to October
• Leaves: simple, lanceolate, serrate margin, coarse, shiny
• Special features: annual balcony plant, spicy scent, attracts butterflies, ideal traffic light plant, winter protection recommended

26. Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis)

• Creeping growth
• Height: 20 to 40 centimeters
• Spread: 20 to 30 centimeters
• Location: sun to partial shade
• Flower: light blue with a yellow center
• Flowering period: May to August
• Leaves: oval, with entire margins, dull, finely hairy
• Special features: evergreen, likes moist soil

27. Lantana camara

• Growth height: up to 200 centimeters
• Spread: up to 120 centimeters
• Location: sunny, warm
• Flower: yellow, orange, pink, violet
• Flowering period: May to October
• Leaves: dark green, coarsely hairy
• Blue-black, highly poisonous berries
• Special features: upright, bushy growing, lime-intolerant, highly poisonous

NOTE:Convertible rose should not be freely accessible to children and / or pets due to their high toxicity.

28. Wollziest (Stachys byzantina)

• Strong creeping growth
• Height: 30 to 40 centimeters
• Spread: 25 to 30 centimeters
• Location: sunny
• Flower: violet-pink
• Flowering period: July to August
• Leaves: broad, lanceolate, pointed, entire, tomentose, woolly hairs, gray-white, silvery
• Special features: evergreen, very heat-tolerant plant for the garden and balcony

29. Magic bells (Calibrachoa)

• Hanging growth
• Common name: Mini petunias
• Height: up to 60 centimeters
• Spread: 20 to 50 centimeters
• Location: partial shade, shady, sunny
• Flower: yellow, orange, pink, red, violet, white, blue
• Flowering period: May to September
• Leaves: small, light green, rough
• Special features: lime intolerant, toxic, high nutrient requirement, ideal as a traffic light or for balcony pots

30. Ornamental onion (Allium)

• Common names: flower leek, Flower leek
• Height: 120 to 180 centimeters
• Spread: 20 to 40 centimeters
• Location: sunny, sheltered place on the balcony
• Flower: purple-violet, white, white-green
• Flowering period: June to July
• Leaves: linear, rounded, entire, smooth, matt
• Special features: has a light scent, flower balls up to 15 centimeters in size, valuable bee pasture, hardy

31. Zinnias (Zinnia)

• Height: 15 to 100 centimeters
• Spread: 20 to 40 centimeters
• Location: sunny
• Flowers: red, orange, white, lilac
• Flowering period: June to October
• Leaves: simply shaped, smooth edge, hairy
• Special features: ideal for planting balcony boxes, sensitive to wind and frost - not hardy, annual balcony plant, high water requirement