Season

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)

• Big Berry Manzanita Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Golden Marguerite 'Kelwayii' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Golden Marguerite 'E.C. Buxton' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Pacific Anemone Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Japanese Anemone 'Pocahontas' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Utah Serviceberry Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Downy Serviceberry Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Pygmy Torch Amaranth Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Love-Lies-Bleeding Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Peruvian Lily 'Flaming Star' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Peruvian Lily 'Butterscotch' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Sunset Aloe Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• African Aloe Full Sun6–13 ft (180–400 cm)
• Hollyhock 'Blacknight' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Hollyhock 'Chater's Double Chamois' Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Silk Tree Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Silk Tree 'Summer Chocolate' Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Ageratum 'Dondo White' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Ageratum 'Blue Horizon' Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Saw Leaf Agave Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Variegated Caribbean Agave Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Hyssop 'Blue Boa' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Giant Hyssop 'Black Adder' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Red Buckeye Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Bottlebrush Buckeye Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Desert Rose Full Sun1–10 ft (30–310 cm)
• Desert Rose Full Sun2–10 ft (60–310 cm)
• Inca Gold Yarrow Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Coronation Gold Yarrow Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Gregg Acacia Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• River Wattle Full Sun3–20 ft (90–610 cm)
• Pink Early Bird Radiance Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Pink Early Bird Frosty Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Pink Coreopsis Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tickseed 'Mercury Rising' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Hylotelephium 'Angelina's Teacup' Full Sun3–5 in (8–13 cm)
• Coral Bells 'Amethyst Myst' Full Sun8 in (20 cm)
• Alum Root 'Amber Waves' Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Feather Reed Grass ‘Overdam’ Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Feather Reed Grass ‘Avalanche’ Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Ribes alpinum Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Japanese Boxwood 'Green Beauty' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Small-Leaved Boxwood 'Faulkner' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Boxwood 'Green Velvet' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Pickerel Weed Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Waterlily 'Attraction' Full Sun2–4 in (5–10 cm)
• Trailing Petunia Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Silver Nickel Vine Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Cardinal Flower Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Zinnia 'Macarenia' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Common Sunflower Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Showy Cranesbill Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Hardy Geranium Rozanne Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Cherry Fluff Echinacea Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Narrow-Leaved Purple Coneflower Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Hyacinthine Plantain Lily Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Plantain Lily Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Red Maple Full Sun40–100 ft (1220–3050 cm)
• Oregon Vine Maple Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Smooth Hydrangea Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)