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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)

• Damianita Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Mountain Mint Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• California Buckthorn Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Engelmann's Daisy Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Colorado Four O'Clock Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Silver Buffaloberry Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Woods' Rose Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Blue Paloverde Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Sweet Fern Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Wax Myrtle Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Kentucky Bluegrass Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Prickly Rose Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
• Nootka Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Northern Bush Honeysuckle Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Coastal Sand Verbena Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Alkali Sacaton Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Woolgrass Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Black Huckleberry Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Broomsedge Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Splitbeard Bluestem Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Saltmarsh Cordgrass Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• American Water-Willow Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Needle Spikerush Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Black Mangrove Full Sun10–40 ft (310–1220 cm)
• Powderpuff Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Red Mangrove Full Sun20–50 ft (610–1520 cm)
• Baybean Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Selfheal Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Chaparral Pea Full Sun1–6 ft (30–180 cm)
• Blue Wild Rye Full Sun1–5 ft (30–150 cm)
• Meadow Barley Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Baja Bush Snapdragon Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Kodiak® Orange Diervilla x 'G2X88544' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Kodiak® Black Diervilla x 'G2X88544' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Kodiak® Fresh™ Diervilla x 'SMNDSS' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Jojoba Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
• Air Plant Partial Sun
• Small Cape Rush Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Indian Grass 'Sioux Blue' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Indian Grass Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Spanish Broom Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Water Lettuce Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Mouse Plant Partial Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Corpse Flower Partial Sun
• Yellow Necklacepod Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Texas Mountain Laurel Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Pigeonberry Partial Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Angels Trumpets Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Hollyleaf Redberry Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Cascara Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Carolina Buckthorn Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Asian Bittersweet Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Burmese Fishtail Palm Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Wild Calla Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Bush Allamanda Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Cherry Allamanda Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Chinese Evergreen 'Siam Aurora' Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Bottle Gourd Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Rose Daphne Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Daphne × transatlantica 'Blafra' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)