Season

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)

• Big Blue Stem 'Indian Warrior' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Big Blue Stem 'Blackhawks' Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Leadplant Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Hot Water Plant 'Ambroise Verschaffelt' Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Orange Coneflower Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Sensational! Lavender Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Lavender 'Phenomenal' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Fern Leaf Lavender Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Sweet Romance Lavender Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Little Lady Lavender Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Lavender 'Seal' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Lavender 'Impress Purple' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Lavender 'Provence' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Lavender 'Hidcote Giant' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Lavender 'Grosso' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Variegated Allard's Lavender Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• English Lavender 'Thumbelina Leigh' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• English Lavender 'Royal Velvet' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• English Lavender 'Royal Purple' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• English Lavender 'Rosea' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• English Lavender 'Nana Alba' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Munstead Lavender Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• English Lavender 'Miss Katherine' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• English Lavender 'Melissa Lilac' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• English Lavender 'Little Lottie' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• English Lavender 'Lavenite Petite' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• English Lavender 'Folgate' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Norway Maple Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Three-Flowered Full Sun25–30 ft (760–910 cm)
• Full Moon Maple 'Kawaii' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Full Moon Maple 'Jordan' Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Full Moon Maple 'Autumn Moon' Full Sun8–15 ft (240–460 cm)
• Golden Full Moon Maple Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Norway Maple 'Crimson King' Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Autumn Blaze Maple Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Viridis' Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Paperbark Maple Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Amur Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Full Moon Maple 'Moonrise' Full Sun10–12 ft (310–370 cm)
• Sycamore 'Brilliantissimum' Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Yasemin' Full Sun25–30 ft (760–910 cm)
• Coral Bark Maple Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Wilson's Pink Dwarf' Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Ukigumo' Partial Sun7–12 ft (210–370 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Twombly's Red Sentinel' Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Trompenburg' Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Tamukeyama Japanese Maple Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Sumi-Nagashi' Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Skeeter's Broom' Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Shin-Deshojo' Full Sun5–10 ft (150–310 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Shaina' Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Seiryu' Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Coral Bark Maple Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Red Dragon' Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Pixie' Partial Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Osakazuki' Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Ornatum' Full Sun8–15 ft (240–460 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Orangeola' Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Orange Dream' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Omure-Yama' Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)