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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)

• European Fan Palm Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Pindo Palm Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Guadalupe Palm Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Mexican Blue Palm Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Bismarck Palm Full Sun40–70 ft (1220–2130 cm)
• Chinese Windmill Palm Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Cycad Partial Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Paurotis Palm Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Saman Full Sun50–80 ft (1520–2440 cm)
• White Poplar Full Sun50–80 ft (1520–2440 cm)
• American Aspen Full Sun20–50 ft (610–1520 cm)
• Bhutan Pine Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Red Pine Full Sun50–80 ft (1520–2440 cm)
• Ponderosa Pine Full Sun60–100 ft (1830–3050 cm)
• Limber Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Lacebark Pine Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Whitebark Pine Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Contorta' Full Sun15–40 ft (460–1220 cm)
• Japanese Black Pine Full Sun20–60 ft (610–1830 cm)
• Southwestern White Pine Full Sun80–100 ft (2440–3050 cm)
• Italian Stone Pine Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Longleaf Pine Full Sun80–100 ft (2440–3050 cm)
• Sugar Pine Full Sun100–200 ft (3050–6100 cm)
• Japanese Red Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Lodgepole Pine Full Sun20–35 ft (610–1070 cm)
• Jack Pine Full Sun35–50 ft (1070–1520 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Tiny Kurls' Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Pendula' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Nana' Full Sun2–7 ft (60–210 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Louie' Full Sun18–20 ft (550–610 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Densa' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Blue Shag' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Dwarf Siberian Pine 'Glauca' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Tempelhof' Full Sun7–10 ft (210–310 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Miyajima' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Hagoromo Seedling' Full Sun8–10 in (20–25 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Glauca' Full Sun35–50 ft (1070–1520 cm)
• Bosnian Pine 'Smidtii' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Bosnian Pine 'Malink' Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
• Bosnian Pine 'Compact Gem' Full Sun10–12 ft (310–370 cm)
• Japanese Red Pine 'Low Glow' Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Austrian Pine 'Helga' Full Sun7–8 ft (210–240 cm)
• Scotch Pine Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Scotch Pine 'Glauca' Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Austrian Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Austrian Pine 'Green Tower' Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Austrian Pine 'Komet' Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Dwarf Siberian Pine Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Scotch Pine 'Beuvronensis' Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Goldylocks' Full Sun7–8 ft (210–240 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Slowmound' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Ophir' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Mops' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Humpy' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Gnom' Full Sun1–8 ft (30–240 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Carstens' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Korean Pine Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Swiss Stone Pine Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)