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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)

• Chitalpa Full Sun20–35 ft (610–1070 cm)
• Virginia Chainfern Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• California Compassplant Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• European Chain Fern Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Giant Chain Fern Partial Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Netted Chainfern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Foxtail Palm Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Table Mountain Watsonia Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Pink Watsonia Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Beatrice Watsonia Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Appalachian Barren Strawberry Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Black-Eyed Pea Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Santa Cruz Water Lily Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Amazon Water Lily Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Frostweed Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Yellow Crownbeard Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Cowpen Daisy Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Wingstem Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Vanilla Partial Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• American Barrenwort Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• American Eelgrass Full Sun
• Sea Oats Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Mexican Buckeye Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Lamb's Tail Partial Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Chilean Guava Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Society Garlic Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Eastern Gamagrass Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Woolly Bluecurls Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Virginia Marsh St. Johnswort Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blue Throatwort Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Death Camas Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Wishbone Flower Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Mexican Sunflower Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Air Plant Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Tillandsia ionantha Partial Sun0–7 ft (0–210 cm)
• Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Thunbergia Orange Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Orange Clock Vine Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Blue Trumpet Vine Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Black-Eyed Susan Vine Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Eastern Marsh Fern Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• New York Fern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Stiff Greenthread Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Powdery Alligator-Flag Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Four-nerve Daisy Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Angelita Daisy Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Juliet® Cleyera Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Paper Spine Cactus Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Pine Cone Cactus Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Bigflower Tellima Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Cape Honeysuckle Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Flaming Bells Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Yellow Bells Full Sun3–25 ft (90–760 cm)
• Dandelion Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Tamarind Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Yellow Pimpernel Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Bat Flower Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Clove Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• African Evergreen Partial Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)