Season

Summer interest plants

This list is plants tagged for summer interest — flowers, foliage, fruit, or structure in the warm months. Looks-good-in-summer is not “flowers all summer” and not a watering method.

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. Summer interest is landscape presence in the catalog, not a bloom calendar.
2. Open a profile before you plant.
3. Early-, mid-, and late-summer lists are narrower bands; bloom-month lists are separate catalogs.

Plants for Summer interest plants (8670)

• Iceland Poppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Welsh Poppy Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Lesser Calamint Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Whirling Butterflies Gaura Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Gaura Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tamarisk Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Black Locust Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Japanese Loquat Full Sun10–25 ft (310–760 cm)
• Hazel Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Antelope Bitterbrush Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Central Mexico Organ Pipe Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Senegal Date Palm Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Leyland cypress Full Sun60–70 ft (1830–2130 cm)
• Mexican Olive Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Texas Kidneywood Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Damson Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Chios Mastic Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Desert Broom Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
• White Mangrove Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• California poppy Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Mountain Laurel Partial Sun5–15 ft (150–460 cm)
• Rugosa Rose Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Yellow Coneflower Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Ice Plant Full Sun6 in (15 cm)
• Rose 'Hansa' Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Dog Rose Full Sun3–15 ft (90–460 cm)
• Common Olive Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Red Bottlebrush Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Cenizo Full Sun5–8 ft (150–240 cm)
• Ocotillo Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• Gardener's Garters Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Gardener's Garters 'Feesey' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Sassafras Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• California Brittlebush Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Toyon Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• California Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Eastern Hemlock Full Sun40–70 ft (1220–2130 cm)
• Swamp Rose Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Greenlee Moor Grass Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Autumn Moor Grass Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Cherokee Rose Full Sun6–20 ft (180–610 cm)
• Common Hackberry Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Climbing Prairie Rose Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Osage Orange Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Mule's Fat Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Chamiso Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Japanese Blood Grass Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Multiflora Rose Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Sheep Laurel Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Dwarf Scouring Rush Full Sun6–10 in (15–25 cm)
• Florida Swampprivet Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• California Laurel Full Sun20–80 ft (610–2440 cm)
• Red Alder Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• California Melic Grass Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Verdigris Brass Buttons Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Cushion Moss Partial Sun2–6 in (5–15 cm)
• Sensitive Plant Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Illinois Bundleflower Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Smoketree Full Sun5–25 ft (150–760 cm)
• Stretchberry Full Sun8–15 ft (240–460 cm)