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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)

• Night-Scented Stock Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Stock Flower Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Ostrich Fern Partial Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Scented Mayweed Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Nardoo Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Rabbit's Foot Prayer Plant Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Cassava Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Sapodilla Full Sun10–50 ft (310–1520 cm)
• Mango Full Sun30–100 ft (910–3050 cm)
• Turk's Cap Partial Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Acerola Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Common Madia Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Jewel Orchid Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Macadamia Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Amur Maackia Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Purple Loosestrife Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Fernleaf Catalina Ironwood Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Shining Fetterbush Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Rusty Staggerbush Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Carolina Wolfberry Full Sun3–9 ft (90–270 cm)
• Barbary Matrimony Vine Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Greater Wood Rush Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Snowy Wood Rush Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Honesty Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Temu Full Sun6–50 ft (180–1520 cm)
• Mosaic Flower Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Marsh Seedbox Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Fernleaf Biscuitroot Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Living Stones Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Litchi Full Sun8–50 ft (240–1520 cm)
• Yellow Toadflax Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• American Frogbit Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Poached Egg Flower Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Mikoikoi Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Lovage Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Highland Doghobble Partial Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Slender Lespedeza Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Nuttall's Linanthus Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Brass Buttons Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Woodbalm Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Lion's Tail Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Lentils Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Common Duckweed Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Bay Tree Full Sun10–30 ft (310–910 cm)
• Creosote Bush Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Trailing Ice Plant Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Lettuce Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Carolina Redroot Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Hyacinth Bean Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Pride of India Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Bougainvillea Golden-Rain Tree Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Prairie Junegrass Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Macedonian Scabious Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Red Sheep Laurel Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• English Walnut Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Black Walnut Full Sun50–75 ft (1520–2290 cm)
• Butternut Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Blue Star Creeper Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Beef Plant Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)