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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)

• Evergreen Dystilium Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Button Orchid Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Watermelon Dischidia Partial Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• American Umbrellaleaf Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Meadow Clams Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Cape Marigold Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Longan Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Kodiak® Red Diervilla x 'G2X885411' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Angel's Fishing Rod Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Soft Tree Fern Partial Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Kidney Weed Full Sun2 in (5 cm)
• Stiff Twinspur Full Sun8–10 in (20–25 cm)
• Showy Tick Trefoil Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Tufted Hair Grass Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Eastern Hay-Scented Fern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Ghost Orchid
• Tree Poppy Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Harford's Tree Poppy Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• Giant Bamboo Full Sun80–100 ft (2440–3050 cm)
• Chirita Partial Sun2–4 in (5–10 cm)
• Dainty Rabbits-Foot Fern Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Desert Spoon Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Green Desert Spoon Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Umbrella Plant Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Featherplume Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• White Prairie Clover Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Bulblet Bladder Fern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Holly Fern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Titi Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Chinese Forget-Me-Not Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Artichoke Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Cardoon Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Citronella Grass Full Sun5–8 ft (150–240 cm)
• Lemon Grass Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Tree Cholla Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Golden Cholla Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Teddybear Cholla Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Australian Tree Fern Partial Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Cumin Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Cucumber Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Melon Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Dwarf Rose-Stripe Star Partial Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Lantern Tree Partial Sun5–10 ft (150–310 cm)
• Sea Kale Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Flowering Sea Kale Full Sun4–7 ft (120–210 cm)
• Cannonball Tree Full Sun50–75 ft (1520–2290 cm)
• Bear's Paw Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Water Buttons Full Sun6–10 in (15–25 cm)
• Beaked Hazelnut Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
• American Hazelnut Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Coriander Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Common Sandaster Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Scarlet Cordia Full Sun10–30 ft (310–910 cm)
• Mirror Plant Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Giant Larkspur Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• False Rosemary Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Button Mangrove Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Dayflower Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Large Flowered Collomia Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Croton Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)