I suspect that we've all seen certain plants in public landscaping and thought 'how the heck is *that* surviving in full sun ?'. Although they do it tough, 'part-shade' plants such as Cordylines and Ixora seem to struggle along in several very exposed beds here in Rocky, and I've come to the conclusion that its an example of nature being able to adapt to harsh conditions, particularly when the plants in question have adequate moisture and a microclimate courtesy of close planting. Cordylines and crotons are particularly tough in this regard, and you'll see them in front yards all over Rocky, copping way too much sun, yet they seem to deal with it.

The other extreme is plants which *need* full sun limping along on the wrong side of a house in Winter - then returning to blistering temps in summer. If I had to nominate a single species for this award, it has to be the Syzygium. I've lost several Acmena in the Rocky sun, but the Syzygiums have just soldiered on. I know I'm a broken record on this, but I cant get enough of them :)

I just chopped out the last Syzygium in my garden, it was a big sucker. It is being replaced with a Ghost Bamboo.