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Mid-summer interest plants

This list is plants tagged for mid-summer interest — peak warm-month flowers, foliage, fruit, or structure. Looks-good-in-mid-summer is not a bloom calendar and not a heat-gardening how-to.

A heat-loving perennial and a shrub with summer fruit can share this tag. Open a profile for water and sun.

What this tag means on a plant

1. Mid summer is a catalog band, not “flowers all summer.”
2. Open a profile before you plant.
3. Early-summer, late-summer, and the full Summer list are separate catalogs.

Plants for Mid-summer interest plants (7223)

• White Lace Flower Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Carrion Cactus Full Sun4 in (10 cm)
• Sensitive Fern Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Prairie Goldenrod Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Indian Plum Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• Mickey Mouse Plant Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Black Gum Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Yellow Floating Heart Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Water Tupelo Full Sun50–80 ft (1520–2440 cm)
• Water Snowflake Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Entire Marshwort Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Crested Floating Heart Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Banana Plant Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Common Spatterdock Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Texas Sacahuista Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Water Mimosa Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Kimberley Queen Fern Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Boston Swordfern Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Giant Sword Fern Partial Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Rambutan Full Sun10–80 ft (310–2440 cm)
• Five Spot Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Goldfish Plant Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Sacred Lotus Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• American Lotus Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Blue Candle Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Candelabra Cactus Full Sun3–12 ft (90–370 cm)
• Nutmeg Partial Sun10–60 ft (310–1830 cm)
• Parrot Feather Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Bayberry Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Simpson's Stopper Full Sun5–20 ft (150–610 cm)
• Chinese Dwarf Banana Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Orange Jasmine Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Deer Grass Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Moringa Full Sun8–40 ft (240–1220 cm)
• Pacific Wax Myrtle Full Sun10–30 ft (310–910 cm)
• Monstera karstenianum Partial Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Coyote Mint Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Alpine Mountainbalm Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Bells of Ireland Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Purple Moor Grass Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Partridge Berry Partial Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Marvel of Peru Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Fourvalve Mimosa Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Climbing Hempvine Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Crocodile Fern Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Russian Arborvitae Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tall Bluebells Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Oysterleaf Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Tall Fringed Bluebells Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Buckbean Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Smoothstem Blazingstar Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Turk's Cap Full Sun3 in (8 cm)
• Lemon Balm Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Ruby Grass Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Honey Flower Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Blackfoot Daisy Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Showy Honey-Myrtle Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Showy Medinilla Partial Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Alfalfa Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Creeping Mazus Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)