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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)

• Afghan Pine Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Singleleaf Pinyon Full Sun10–50 ft (310–1520 cm)
• Mexican Pinyon Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Table Mountain Pine Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Lodgepole Pine 'Chief Joseph' Full Sun6–20 ft (180–610 cm)
• Virginia Pine Full Sun15–40 ft (460–1220 cm)
• Loblolly Pine Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Pitch Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Slash Pine Full Sun70–100 ft (2130–3050 cm)
• Jerusalem Sage Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Woolly Jerusalem Sage Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Switch Grass 'Northwind' Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Switch Grass 'Hanse Herms' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Yellow Sundrops Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Lavendar-leaf Sundrops Full Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Ozark Sundrops Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Hooker's Evening Primrose Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Beach Primrose Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Evening Primrose 'Siskiyou' Full Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Primrose Monkey Flower Full Sun2–5 in (5–13 cm)
• Scarlet Monkey Flower Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Moon Flower Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Cardinal Climber Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Cardinal Climber Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Man Of The Earth Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Blue Morning Glory Full Sun4–15 ft (120–460 cm)
• Scarlet Creeper Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Tievine Full Sun3–15 ft (90–460 cm)
• Sweet Potatoes Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Morning Glory 'Scarlett O'Hara' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Great St. John's Wort Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Red Fame' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Red Star' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Magical White' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Magical Universe' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Magical Pumpkin' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Elstead' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• St. John's Wort Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Golden Rule' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Perforate St. John's Wort Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Kalm St. John's Wort Cobalt-n-Gold™ Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Shrubby St. John's-wort Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Bushy St. John's Wort Full Sun2–7 ft (60–210 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Tricolor' Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Hidcote' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• St. John's Wort 'Sunburst' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Treasure Flower 'New Day Red Stripe' Full Sun8–10 in (20–25 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Sunset Sunrise' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Sunset Spice' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Sunset Popsy' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Sun Devil' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Sunset Mexican' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Red Sun' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Oranges and Lemons' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Mesa Yellow' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Mesa Red' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Mesa Peach' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Mesa Bright Bicolor' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blanket Flower 'Goblin' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)