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)

• Japanese Maple 'Koto-no-ito' Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Kinran' Full Sun12–20 ft (370–610 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Katsura' Full Sun5–9 ft (150–270 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Ichigyoji' Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Geisha Gone Wild' Partial Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Garnet' Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Fireglow' Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Emperor I' Full Sun13–15 ft (400–460 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Emerald Lace' Full Sun10–13 ft (310–400 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Elegans' Full Sun5–10 ft (150–310 cm)
• Coral Bark Maple 'Eddisbury' Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Deshojo' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Dissectum Atropurpureum' Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Crippsii' Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Crimson Queen' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Chitose-Yama' Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Bloodgood' Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Butterfly' Partial Sun7–12 ft (210–370 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Beni-Tsukasa' Full Sun10–12 ft (310–370 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Beni-Maiko' Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Coral Bark Maple Full Sun5–15 ft (150–460 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Atropurpureum' Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Ariadne' Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Ribbon-Leaf Japanese Maple 'Atrolineare' Full Sun10–12 ft (310–370 cm)
• Japanese Maple 'Arakawa' Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Coral Bark Maple Full Sun7–9 ft (210–270 cm)
• Full Moon Maple 'Vitifolium' Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Sugar Maple Full Sun40–100 ft (1220–3050 cm)
• Bigleaf Maple Full Sun40–70 ft (1220–2130 cm)
• Southern Sugar Maple Full Sun20–60 ft (610–1830 cm)
• Box Elder Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Variegated Box Elder Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Chalk Liveforever Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Purple Shrimp Plant Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Shrimp Plant Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Arabian Jasmine Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Arabian Jasmine 'Grand Duke of Tuscany' Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Star Jasmine Full Sun5–10 ft (150–310 cm)
• Yellow Jasmine Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• Spanish Jasmine Full Sun6–13 ft (180–400 cm)
• Red Jasmine Full Sun8–15 ft (240–460 cm)
• Old Man Of The Andes Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Old Man Cactus Full Sun3–40 ft (90–1220 cm)
• Bishop's Miter Full Sun0–4 ft (0–120 cm)
• Tricolor Chrysanthemum Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Chilean Wine Palm Full Sun60–80 ft (1830–2440 cm)
• Gum Palm Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
• Cycad Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Mexican Fan Palm Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• California Fan Palm Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Queen Palm Full Sun50–70 ft (1520–2130 cm)
• Blue Palmetto Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Dwarf Palmetto Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Needle Palm Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Chinese Fan Palm Full Sun10–30 ft (310–910 cm)
• Blue Latan Palm Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Bottle Palm Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Triangle Palm Full Sun25–30 ft (760–910 cm)
• Lipstick Palm Full Sun25–35 ft (760–1070 cm)
• Caranday Palm Full Sun35–40 ft (1070–1220 cm)