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)

• Spanish Broom Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Water Lettuce Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Mouse Plant Partial Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Corpse Flower Partial Sun
• Yellow Necklacepod Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Texas Mountain Laurel Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Pigeonberry Partial Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Angels Trumpets Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Golden Chain Tree Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Hollyleaf Redberry Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Cascara Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Carolina Buckthorn Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Asian Bittersweet Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Burmese Fishtail Palm Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Wild Calla Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Pipevine Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Bush Allamanda Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Cherry Allamanda Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Chinese Evergreen 'Siam Aurora' Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Daphne Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Daphne × transatlantica 'Blafra' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Winter Daphne 'Aureomarginata' Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Yesterday Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Blackspot Hornpoppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Fairy Castle Cactus Full Sun1–6 ft (30–180 cm)
• Red Stemmed Alligator-Flag Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Foxtail Barley Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Watermelon Full Sun4–8 in (10–20 cm)
• Billy Buttons 'Golf Beauty' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Thanksgiving Cactus Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Easter Cactus Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Bush Clock Vine Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Hard Fern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Palo Brea Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Mexican Prickly Poppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Carrot Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Two-Wing Silverbell Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Purpletop Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Rose You're Beautiful Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Tess of The d'Urbervilles Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Rose Sophy's Rose Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Scepter'd Isle Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose California Dreamin'™ Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose Bishop's Castle Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose Anna's Promise Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Mint Chocolate Chip Manfreda Full Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Cherry Chocolate Chip Manfreda Full Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Nyman's Hybrid Eucryphia 'Nymansay' Full Sun20–50 ft (610–1520 cm)
• Dyckia ‘Burgundy Ice’ Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Pig's Ear Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Golden Zizia Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Ginger Partial Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Honeycup Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Corn Full Sun4–10 ft (120–310 cm)
• Common Pricklyash Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• ZZ Plant Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Shiny Xylosma Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Common Beargrass Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Yellowroot Partial Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)