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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)

• Standing Cypress Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Scarlet Gilia Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Flaxleaf Whitetop Aster Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Giant Inula Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Elecampane Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Elecampane Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Meadow Fleabane Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Hardy Gloxinia Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Streambank Wild Hollyhock Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Hyssop Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Polka Dot Plant Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Partial Sun1–4 in (3–10 cm)
• Whorled Marsh Pennywort Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Manyflower Marsh-Pennywort Full Sun4–8 in (10–20 cm)
• Water Poppy Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Honey Plant Krimson Princess Partial Sun3–18 ft (90–550 cm)
• Forster Sentry Palm Partial Sun5–40 ft (150–1220 cm)
• Ocean Spray Full Sun3–20 ft (90–610 cm)
• Common Mare's Tail Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Blue Bamboo Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Hairy False Goldenaster Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Crimson Flag Lily Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rupturewort Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Common Cowparsnip Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Showy Goldeneye Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• False Bird of Paradise Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Parrot Heliconia Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Caribbean Heliconia Partial Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Scarletbush Full Sun2–15 ft (60–460 cm)
• Carolina Silverbell Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Royal Hakea Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Pincushion Hakea Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Coffeetree Full Sun60–80 ft (1830–2440 cm)
• Chin Cactus Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Giant Rhubarb Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Holywood Full Sun10–30 ft (310–910 cm)
• Puget Sound Gumweed Full Sun0–4 ft (0–120 cm)
• Great Valley Gumweed Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Ghost Plant Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Gordonia Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Tiger Aloe Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Soybeans Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Edamame Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Fowl Mannagrass Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Variegated Manna Grass Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Honey Locust Full Sun60–80 ft (1830–2440 cm)
• Crown Daisy Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Grand-Flowered Horned Poppy Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Yellow Horned Poppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Bowman's Root Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Blue Gilia Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Mangosteen Full Sun10–80 ft (310–2440 cm)
• Island Snapdragon Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Beetleweed Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Fairy Elephant's Feet Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Franklin Tree Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Alkali Seaheath Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Boojum Tree Full Sun40–70 ft (1220–2130 cm)
• Florence Fennel Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Fennel Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)