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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)

• Papaya Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Giant Himalayan Lily Partial Sun7–9 ft (210–270 cm)
• Capers Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Beach Morning Glory Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Fairy Slipper Partial Sun2–8 in (5–20 cm)
• Bearded Pink Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Tolmie Star-Tulip Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Sego Lily Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• China Aster Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Alpine Bottlebrush Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• White Bottlebrush Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Lemon Bottlebrush Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Narrow-Leaved Bottlebrush Full Sun4–10 ft (120–310 cm)
• Crimson Bottlebrush Full Sun3–25 ft (90–760 cm)
• Bush's Poppy Mallow Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Baja Fairy Duster Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Pocketbook Plant Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Zebra Plant Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Goeppertia warscewiczii Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Goeppertia vittata Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Furry Feather Calathea Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose-Painted Calathea Like a Prayer™ Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rose-Painted Calathea Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Pin-Stripe Calathea Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Calathea rotundifolia Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Mosaic Calathea Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Peacock Plant Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Elegant Calathea Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rattlesnake Plant Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Goeppertia bachemania Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rock Purslane Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Carolina Fanwort Full Sun1–6 ft (30–180 cm)
• Flowering Rush Full Sun1–5 ft (30–150 cm)
• Gumbo Limbo Full Sun25–40 ft (760–1220 cm)
• Shrubby Hare's Ear Full Sun5–8 ft (150–240 cm)
• Stalked Bulbine Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Amethyst Flower Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Paper Mulberry Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Harvest Brodiaea Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Quaking Grass Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• False Boneset Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Lady of the Night Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Watershield Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Swan River Daisy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Australian Bottle Tree Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Scarlet Bouvardia Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Hairy Grama Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Blue Grama Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Buffalograss Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Side-Oats Grass Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Rattlesnake Fern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Bushy Seaside Tansy Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Boltonia Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Ackee Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Downy Pagoda-plant Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Little Tree Plant Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Cross Vine Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Smooth Beggartick Full Sun1–6 ft (30–180 cm)
• Apache Beggarticks Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Bearded Beggarticks Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)