All hostas need some shade and few, if any, will do well in strong direct sunlight. The variegated varieties need more sunlight to keep their white and gold stripes. The deeper darker foliage retains it color best in moderate shade. Hostas.love hostas A good rule of thumb for the placement and care of hostas is the lighter the foliage, the brighter the sun. For annuals I've always loved in full sun: lantana, angelonia, zinnias - I use all 3 of these to clip for bouquets throughout the summer. They're evergreen and the leaves turn red in the winter, which is unusual and pretty. Firepower Nandina are a smaller shrub that love the sun and are very tolerant of any conditions with no additional care. Pretty evergreen shrub, and they bloom in both the spring and fall once established. watered every day in the heat of summer), but they've done well since then (as of their third year in the ground, required no additional watering from me). They required a lot of babying in the first season (sooo thirsty. I actually have several Encore Azaleas in full sun as well. The biggest ones get HUGE, but there are several smaller varieties I have several Purple Pixies that have done fantastic. I've seen several mature Limelight shrubs around us in full sun and they're thriving, so I'm hopeful! Another shrub I love for zero care in full sun is Loropetalum. I couldn't plant more roses in the same spot because the disease is systemic, so I replaced them with Limelight hydrangeas (well, Little Lime, actually - the smaller variety), because they're supposed to take full sun. I love knock out roses too, but I had to take mine out this year, unfortunately they got rose rosette disease. I'm surprised you don't like your spirea, I LOVE mine! I have the Little Princess variety - require zero care from me (only needed a little water in the first season in the ground if it hadn't rained in a few days, but now are super drought tolerant), pretty mounded shape, lots of tiny pink flowers in the spring and will bloom again if you trim them back after the first blooms fade, and mine face south so they take hot Memphis sun all day long.
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