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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)

• Coconut Full Sun50–100 ft (1520–3050 cm)
• Tie-tongue Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Seagrape Full Sun10–50 ft (310–1520 cm)
• Cup and Saucer Vine Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Scotch Attorney Full Sun25–30 ft (760–910 cm)
• Asian Pigeonwings Full Sun1–15 ft (30–460 cm)
• Atlantic Pigeon Wings Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Bride's Bonnet Partial Sun6–10 in (15–25 cm)
• Bluebead Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Golden Rat Tail Cactus Full Sun5 ft (150 cm)
• Silver Torch Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Rat Tail Cactus Full Sun8 ft (240 cm)
• Siberian Springbeauty Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Western Spring Beauty Full Sun8–10 in (20–25 cm)
• Fort Miller Clarkia Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Winecup Clarkia Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Satin Flower Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Kentucky Yellowwood Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Florida Fiddlewood Partial Sun15–35 ft (460–1070 cm)
• Rex Begonia Vine Partial Sun5–10 ft (150–310 cm)
• Ceylon Cinnamon Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Camphor Tree Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Chicory Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Chickpeas Full Sun0–4 ft (0–120 cm)
• Yellow Rabbitbrush Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Kus-Kus Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Green And Gold Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Yellow Buttons Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Icaco Coco Plum Full Sun10–30 ft (310–910 cm)
• Spider Plant Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Soap Plant Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Red Tussock Grass Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Striped Prince's Pine Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Willow Herb Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Chamomile Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Bamboo Palm Partial Sun4–20 ft (120–610 cm)
• Bamboo Palm Partial Sun2–15 ft (60–460 cm)
• Cat Palm Partial Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Leatherleaf Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Atlantic White Cedar Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Partridge Pea Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Desert Sweet Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Bushman's Pipe Partial Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Hedge Cactus Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Mountain Mahogany Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• Katsura Tree Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Coon's Tail Full Sun0–10 ft (0–310 cm)
• Sand Heath Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Common Buttonbush Full Sun5–12 ft (150–370 cm)
• Spurred Butterfly Pea Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Baltic Parsley Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• American Bittersweet Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Blue Cohosh Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Giant Red Indian Paintbrush Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Scarlet Paintbrush Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• American Hornbeam Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• False Saffron Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• European Hornbeam Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Bush Anemone Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Saguaro Full Sun1–60 ft (30–1830 cm)