What flowers can take hot afternoon sun?
Keeping this in consideration, what flowers do best in afternoon sun? A short list of plants that are proven winners in areas of late afternoon sun include daylily (Hemerocallis), ornamental sage (Salvia), stonecrop (Sedum), Icelandic poppy (Papaver nudicaule) and yarrow (Achillea). All are perennials hardy up to USDA zone 10.