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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)

• Rose Cherry Parfait™ Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Rose Charlotte Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Rose Centennial Star® Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose Carefree Wonder Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose Carefree Spirit Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Rose Carefree Delight Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Carding Mill Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose Candy Cane Cocktail™ Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose buttercream Drift® Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rose Brother Cadfael Full Sun5–8 ft (150–240 cm)
• Brindabella Crimson Knight Rose Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose Boscobel Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Brandy™ Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Rose Blushing Drift® Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rose Blue Moon Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Blushing Knock Out® Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Smooth Rose Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Black Magic Rose Full Sun5–7 ft (150–210 cm)
• Rose Black Baccara Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Rose Benjamin Britten Full Sun4–10 ft (120–310 cm)
• Rose Barbra Streisand Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Rose At Last® Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Prairie Rose Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Rosa 'Meimirrote' PP23354 Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Rose Apricot Candy™ Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Rose Anne Boleyn Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose America Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Rose Ambridge Rose Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Altissimo Full Sun7–9 ft (210–270 cm)
• African Wonder Tree Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Starrush Whitetop Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Red Star Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Purple Bell Vine Full Sun10–12 ft (310–370 cm)
• Mistletoe Cacti Partial Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Handsome-harry Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Ground Rattan Partial Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Chinese Foxglove Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Majesty Palm Full Sun5–80 ft (150–2440 cm)
• Upright Prairie Coneflower Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Radish Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• White Water Crowfoot Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Dragon Scales Partial Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Tongue Fern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Virginia Mountain Mint Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Narrowleaf Mountain Mint Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Blunt Mountain Mint Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Sapphire Tower Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Red Sandalwood Full Sun80–100 ft (2440–3050 cm)
• Western Bracken Fern Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Hop Tree Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Seminole Balsamo Partial Sun2–10 ft (60–310 cm)
• Whisk Fern Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Guava Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Douglas Fir Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Ladies' Tobacco Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Donut Peach Full Sun12–20 ft (370–610 cm)
• Peach Full Sun12–25 ft (370–760 cm)
• Nectarine Full Sun8–25 ft (240–760 cm)
• King Protea Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Clamshell Orchid Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)