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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)

• Jewel Plant Partial Sun5–8 in (13–20 cm)
• Queen of the Prairie Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Candy Barrel Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Mexican Lime Cactus Full Sun2–8 ft (60–240 cm)
• Devil's Tongue Cactus Full Sun2 ft (60 cm)
• Blue Barrel Cactus Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Spiny Barrel Cactus Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Kingfisher Daisy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tiger Jaws Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Fountain Bamboo Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Chinese Fountain Bamboo Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Umbrella Bamboo Partial Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Apache Plume Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Buckwheat Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Wasabi Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Açaí palm Full Sun50–100 ft (1520–3050 cm)
• Showy Prairie Gentian Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Golden Euryops Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Foxnut Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Swamp Sweetbells Partial Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Torch Ginger Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Cardinal Spear Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Christ's Tears Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Naked Coral Tree Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Arugula Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Silver Heronsbill Full Sun4–10 in (10–25 cm)
• Seaside Woolly Sunflower Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Oregon Sunshine Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Golden Yarrow Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tall Cottongrass Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Bronze Loquat Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Rubber Rabbitbrush Full Sun4–7 ft (120–210 cm)
• Horsetail Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Water Horsetail Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Flame Violet Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Seductive Entodon Moss Partial Sun1–4 in (3–10 cm)
• Bluestem Joint Fir Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Tampa Butterfly Orchid Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Acton Encelia Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Eastern Bottlebrush Grass Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Canada Wild Rye Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Canadian Waterweed Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Cardamom Partial Sun2–15 ft (60–460 cm)
• Pale Spikerush Full Sun1–3 in (3–8 cm)
• Rudraksha Tree Full Sun50–200 ft (1520–6100 cm)
• Persian Carpet Flower Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Viper's Bugloss Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Pride of Tenerife Full Sun15–18 ft (460–550 cm)
• Pride of Madeira Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Red Feathers Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Easter Lily Cactus Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Creeping Burhead Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Wild Cucumber Full Sun25–30 ft (760–910 cm)
• Black Lace Cactus Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Devil's-Head Cactus Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Chilean Glory Flower Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Areca Palm Full Sun6–30 ft (180–910 cm)
• Silver Carpet Full Sun1–3 in (3–8 cm)
• Golden Dewdrop Full Sun2–20 ft (60–610 cm)
• Eightpetal Mountain-avens Full Sun2–8 in (5–20 cm)