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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)

• Velvet Mesquite Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Screwbean Mesquite Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Honey Mesquite Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Fiji Palm Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Curled Pondweed Full Sun2–4 in (5–10 cm)
• Elephant Food Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Hardy Orange Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• Patchouli Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Chichipe Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Rose Pogonia Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Chinese Podocarpus Full Sun8–15 ft (240–460 cm)
• Chinese Podocarpus Mood Ring® Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• African Fern Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Sweetscent Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Split Rock Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Swedish Ivy Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Staghorn Fern Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• London Plane Tree Full Sun70–100 ft (2130–3050 cm)
• California Sycamore Full Sun30–80 ft (910–2440 cm)
• Old World Sycamore Full Sun60–80 ft (1830–2440 cm)
• American Sycamore Full Sun70–100 ft (2130–3050 cm)
• Greater Purple Fringed Orchid Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Orange Fringed Orchid Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• White Fringed Orchid Full Sun0–4 ft (0–120 cm)
• Garden Pea Full Sun1–6 ft (30–180 cm)
• Pistachio Full Sun25–30 ft (760–910 cm)
• Chinese Pistachio Full Sun30–35 ft (910–1070 cm)
• Black Pepper Partial Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Anise Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Aluminum plant Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Fall Obedient Plant Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Chinese Lantern Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Dwarf Date Palm Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Date Palm Full Sun50–80 ft (1520–2440 cm)
• Canary Island Date Palm Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Glorious Philodendron Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Broad Beechfern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Italian Parsley Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Parsley Full Sun3 ft (90 cm)
• Avocado Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Emerald Ripple Peperomia Partial Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Watermelon Begonia Partial Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Button Fern Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Peace Lily Partial Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Rock Rose Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Wild Quinine Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Persian Ironwood Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Creeping Nailwort Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Silver Ball Cactus Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tom Thumb Cactus Full Sun2–4 in (5–10 cm)
• Balloon Cactus Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Retama Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Golden Groundsel Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Madagascar Palm Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Little Jewel Full Sun6 in (15 cm)
• Totem Cactus Full Sun10–12 ft (310–370 cm)
• Money Tree Full Sun6–30 ft (180–910 cm)
• Sorrel Tree Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Little Pickles Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Eastern Hop-hornbeam Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)