31 plants for the balcony that tolerate a lot of sun

• Balcony plants from A to H
• Plants from I to N
• Plants from O to
• Balcony plants from V to Z

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

Balcony plants from A to H

1. Asters (Aster)

Aster sp.

• Trivial names: garden aster, autumn aster, summer aster
• Growth height: 15 to 50 centimeters
• Growth width: 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 stalks)
• leaves: deciduous
• Special features: decorative cut plant, very robust, floriferous, perennial

2. Blue Fan Flower (Scaevola aemula)

• Upright and overhanging growth
• Growth height: up to 20 centimetres, but shoots up to 100 centimetres
• Growth width: up to 60 centimeters
• Location: semi-shade, sun, full sun
• Flower: yellow, pink, violet, white, blue
• Flowering period: May to October
• Leaves: simple in shape, smooth margin, hairy
• Special features: lime-tolerant, perennial, overwintering possible

3. Coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides)

• ornamental foliage plant
• Growth height: 30 to 60 centimeters
• Growth width: 10 to 30 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny, likes direct sun, but away from the hot midday sun
• Flowers: inconspicuous umbels with bluish flowers
• Flowering period: June to October
• Leaves: Shading/marbling of green, red, brown, violet, yellow, pink
• Special features: drought-resistant, copes very well with prolonged heat, frost-free wintering required
• Care information here

4. Triplets (Bougainvillea)

Bourgainvillea sp.

• climbing plant
• Growth height: 150 to 300 centimeters
• Preferred location: full sun
• Flower: yellow, orange, pink, red, white
• Flowering time: March to October
• Leaves: medium green, small
• Special features: not hardy (temperatures up to a maximum of five degrees Celsius), popular balcony plant
• Care information here

5. Elf Spur (Diascia)

Diascia sp.

• Half erect, half pendulous, creeping growing
• Growth height: 20 to 30 centimeters
• Growth width: up to 40 centimeters
• Location: sunny
• Flowers: red, pink, white, apricot, violet
• Flowering time: May/June to first frost
• Leaves: round to heart-like shape
• Special features: most varieties not hardy, very easy-care balcony plant

6. Goose cress (Arabis blepharophylla)

• cushion-forming
• Growth height: 20 to 30 centimeters
• Growth width: 10 to 20 centimeters
• Preferred location: lots of sun to semi-shade
• Flower: pink, white, violet, crimson
• Flowering time: April to May
• Leaves: lanceolate, leaf margin notched, fine hairs, dark green or grey-green - depending on the species
• Special features: evergreen, ideal as ground cover in balcony boxes or tubs

7. Geranium (Pelargonium)

Pelargonium sp.

• Height of growth: 25 to 40 centimeters - hanging geranium up to 150 centimeters
• Growth width: between 40 and 50 centimeters
• Preferred location: full sun to half shade
• Flower: white, pink, red, violet, bicolor
• Flowering time: May to late autumn
• Leaves: green, grey-green or blue-green
• Special features: intense fragrance depending on the species, frost-free winter storage, ideal for window boxes, tubs or as hanging baskets

8. Hyacinths (Hyacinthus)

Hyacinthus sp.

• Upright growing, clumpy
• Growth height: 50 to 60 centimeters
• Growth width: 40 to 70 centimeters
• Preferred location: tolerates a lot of sun, but thrives better in partial shade
• Flowers: deep violet, white, pink, blue, red, light yellow, golden yellow, salmon-colored
• Flowering period: June to August
• Leaves: heart-shaped, pointed, entire, grey-green
• Special features: suitable for cutting, robust, hardy

9. Hussar button (Sanvitalia)

Santivalia procumbens

• Cushion-like growth
• Also known as miniature sunflower
• Growth height: 20 to 35 centimeters
• Growth width: up to 60 centimeters
• Preferred location: lots of sun
• Flower: yellow, orange
• Flowering time: April to October
• Leaves: entire, dark green
• Special features: annual, not suitable for overwintering, ideal balcony plant for summer colour

Plants from I to N

10. Indian flower cane (Canna)

Canna sp.

• Only suitable for balcony tubs
• Growth height: 50 to 200 centimeters
• Growth width: 60 and 100 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny to semi-shady
• Flowers: racemes or panicles
• Flowering time: from around June until the first frost
• Leaves: green, long, partly arranged like scales
• Special features: not hardy, as a marsh plant it requires high humidity

11. African Daisies (Osteospermum)

Osteospermum sp.

• Also known as Bornholm daisy
• Growth height: up to 50 centimeters
• Growth width: up to 20 centimeters
• Preferred location: shady, sunny
• Flower: yellow, pink, violet, white, blue
• Flowering period: June to October
• leaves: entire
• Special features: poisonous balcony plant, annual and perennial available

12. Catnip (Nepeta)

Nepeta cataria

• Common name: real catnip
• Densely growing perennial
• Growth height: 30 to 80 centimeters
• Growth width: 20 to 60 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny
• Flowers: yellow, blue-violet, white (panicles)
• Flowering period: June to August
• Leaves: oval, rounded, narrow, notched
• Specialties: strongly fragrant, depending on the species, plentiful flowers for bees, deciduous, likes heat

13. Liver Balsam (Ageratum houstonianum)

• Upright, bushy balcony plant
• Growth height: 80 to 100 centimeters
• Growth width: 20 to 50 centimeters
• Location: semi-shade, sun, full sun
• Flower: pink, violet, white, blue
• Flowering period: May to October
• leaves: cordate to ovate
• Special features: mainly annual cultivation, poisonous, ideal combination with small balcony plants
• Care information here

14. Linen (Linum)

Linum grandiflorum

• Growth height: 30 to 60 centimeters
• Growth width: 20 to 30 centimeters
• Preferred location: lots of sun
• Flower: blue, violet, white
• Flowering period: June to August
• Leaves: linear, lanceolate, entire, smooth, dull
• Special features: bee-friendly, ideal for greening balconies and roofs, hardy

15. Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)

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

16. Daffodils (Narcissus)

Narcissus sp.

• early bloomers
• Growth height: 10 to 90 centimeters
• Preferred location: sunny to semi-shady
• Flower: white, yellow or orange or two-tone
• Flowering time: March to May
• Leaves: linear, deciduous, light, dark or blue-green
• Special features: poisonous, ideal cut flower

17. Carnations (Dianthus)

Diantus barbatus

• Cushion-forming specimens
• Growth height: up to 20 centimeters
• Growth width: 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: requires nutrient-rich soil, subtle floral scent, popular cut flower

Plants from O to

18. Oleander (Nerium oleander)

• Growth height: up to 300 centimeters
• Growth width: 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
• Care information here

19. Olive tree (Olea europaea)

• Common name: olive tree
• Growth height: 400 to 600 centimeters
• Growth width: 200 to 300 centimeters
• Location: needs a lot of sun
• Flower: inconspicuous, white-yellow
• Flowering time: April to May
• Leaves: leathery, evergreen
• Special features: very vigorous, cordate root, ideal winter garden and balcony plant

20. Petunias (Petunia)

Petunia sp.

• Growth height: 20 to 80 centimeters
• Growth width: 15 to 30 centimeters
• Location: semi-shade, sunny, full sun
• Flower: pink, red, violet, white, blue, multicolored
• Flowering period: May to October
• Leaves: simple in shape, smooth margin, hairy
• Special features: lime intolerant, poisonous, perennial, not hardy, needs a warm winter

21. Purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)

• Growth height: up to 15 centimeters
• Growth width: 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
• Care information here

22. Magnificent Candle (Gaura lindheimeri)

• Common name: prairie candle
• Growth height: 80 to 100 centimeters
• Growth width: 40 to 60 centimeters
• Location: sunny, full sun
• Flower: white
• Flowering period: June to October
• Leaves: lanceolate, crenate, dull, glabrous
• Special features: stylish continuous bloomer, hardy

23. African Lilies (Agapanthus)

Agapanthus coddii

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

24. Tulips (Tulipa)

Tulipa tarda

• Growth height: 10 to 70 centimeters
• Location: lots of sun
• Flower: yellow, red, blue, white, orange, bicolor
• Flowering time: March to May, depending on the variety/species
• Leaves: Erect 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. Verbena (Verbena)

Verbena officinalis

• Also known as Verbena
• Growth height: 30 to 60 centimeters
• Growth width: 20 to 40 centimeters
• Location: sunny
• Flowers: violet-blue, white, red, pink, multicolored
• Flowering period: July to October
• Leaves: simple, lanceolate, leaf margin serrate, coarse, shiny
• Special features: annual balcony plant, spicy fragrance, attracts butterflies, ideal traffic light plant, winter protection recommended

26. Forget-me-nots (Myosotis)

Myosotis sylvatica

• creeping growth
• Growth height: 20 to 40 centimeters
• Growth width: 20 to 30 centimeters
• Location: sun to semi-shade
• Flower: light blue with a yellow centre
• Flowering period: May to August
• Leaves: oval, entire, dull, finely hairy
• Specialties: evergreen, likes moist soil

27. Lantana (Lantana camara)

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

NOTICE: Due to their high toxicity, Lantana should not be freely accessible to children and/or pets.

28. Wollziest (Stachys byzantina)

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

29. Magic Bells (Calibrachoa)

Calibrachoa sp.

• Hanging growth
• Common name: mini petunia
• Growth height: up to 60 centimeters
• Growth width: 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. Allium

Allium sp.

• Trivial names: flower leek, blossom leek
• Growth height: 120 to 180 centimeters
• Growth width: 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, dull
• Special features: slightly fragrant, flower balls up to 15 centimeters in size, valuable bee pasture, hardy

31. Zinnias (Zinnia)

Zinnia elegans

• Growth height: 15 to 100 centimeters
• Growth width: 20 to 40 centimeters
• Location: sunny
• Flower: red, orange, white, lilac
• Flowering period: June to October
• Leaves: simple in shape, smooth margin, hairy
• Special features: ideal for planting in balcony boxes, sensitive to wind and frost - not hardy, annual balcony plant, high water requirement

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