Abelia
Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloom time
Summer-blooming flowers and plants
Summer flowers take over as spring bulbs fade. These are the heat-tolerant plants, and most need steady water to keep blooming through July and August.
3807 plants in the Rita's Garden Path library are recorded as blooming in Summer (June-August).
Summer bloomers at a glance
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Abelia
Abelia 'Rose Creek'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Acaena
Acaena inermis 'Purpurea'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
Adam's needle
Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Adam's needle
Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'
- USDA zones
- 4–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Adam's needle
Yucca filamentosa
- USDA zones
- 5–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
African blood lily
Scadoxus multiflorus
- USDA zones
- 9–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
African daisy
Osteospermum (group)
- USDA zones
- 10–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
African daisy
Osteospermum 'Wildside'
- USDA zones
- 10–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
African feather grass
Pennisetum macrourum
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
African lily
Agapanthus africanus
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
African marigold
Tagetes erecta
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alabama supplejack
Berchemia scandens
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alangium
Alangium platanifolium var. Macrophyllum
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alder
Alnus maximowiczii
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus 'Columnaris'
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Allegheny brookfoam
Boykinia aconitifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Allegheny monkey flower
Mimulus ringens
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Allspice
Pimenta dioica
- USDA zones
- 10–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alpine aster
Aster alpinus
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Alpine skullcap
Scutellaria alpina
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Alps yarrow
Achillea distans
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Alum root
Heuchera richardsonii
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Alyssum
Alyssum propinquum
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
American agave
Manfreda virginica
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
American barrenwort
Vancouveria hexandra
- USDA zones
- 5–7
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
American beakgrain
Diarrhena americana
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
American beakgrain
Diarrhena obovata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American bittersweet
Celastrus scandens
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American blue vervain
Verbena hastata
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
American boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum 'Milk and Cookies'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American elder
Sambucus canadensis 'Aurea'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American elderberry
Sambucus canadensis 'Laciniata'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
American feverfew
Parthenium hispidum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
American germander
Teucrium canadense
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'McDonald'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Miss Helen'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American holly
Ilex opaca 'Steward's Silver Crown'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American ipecac
Gillenia stipulata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
American linden
Tilia americana 'Redmond'
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American linden
Tilia americana
- USDA zones
- 2–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American lotus
Nelumbo lutea
- USDA zones
- 4–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Wet
American mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
- USDA zones
- 3–7
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American mountain mint
Pycnanthemum pilosum
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
American smoke tree
Cotinus obovatus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
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