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Full sun plants

Plants that need or tolerate several hours of direct sun a day, in a garden, on a sunny balcony or in a south-facing window. Before moving a plant from shade into full sun, do it gradually over one or two weeks so the leaves do not scorch.

3 plants

Fiddle-leaf fig in a pot by a window, with a single trunk and a crown of large violin-shaped leaves

Fiddle-leaf fig

Ficus lyrata

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Weeping fig in a pot by a window, with drooping branches and a dense crown of small glossy leaves

Weeping fig

Ficus benjamina

Bright indirect
When top inch is dry

Clump of Alstroemeria aurea in a border, upright stems topped with yellow-orange flowers

Peruvian lily

Alstroemeria aurea

Full sun
When top inch is dry