What flowers in July

The perennials, bulbs and shrubs in flower in July, which of them start this month, and how the dates move with your zone.

July belongs to the summer perennials: coneflowers, daylilies, bee balm and phlox, and the grasses coming into flower.

540 of the planner's plants are in flower at some point in July in zone 5, and 172 of them start this month. Summer flowers move less with the zone: about a week earlier in zone 7, a week later in zone 3.

540 plants: 380 perennials, 28 bulbs, 28 grasses and 104 shrubs.

The dozen to start with

Rose of Sharon

10 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July

An upright shrub with hollyhock-like flowers in pink, purple, white or violet-blue from midsummer to autumn, when few shrubs flower.
Delphinium

5 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July

The great blue spire of the English border: dense columns of flowers up to head height in early summer.
Lady's mantle

18 in · late May to early July · until early July

Scalloped, velvety leaves that hold beads of rain like mercury, under a froth of tiny chartreuse flowers in early summer.
Canna

5 ft · early July to early October · starts early July · host plant

Huge, paddle-shaped leaves, green, bronze or striped, topped with bright flowers in red, orange, yellow or pink from midsummer to frost.
Mexican feather grass

20 in · early June to late July · until late July

The finest-textured grass: hair-thin, bright green leaves and silky, blond flower heads that ripple like water in the slightest breeze.
Oleander

10 ft · mid June to early October · until early October

A large evergreen with narrow, leathery leaves and clusters of pink, red or white flowers from early summer to autumn.
Oakleaf hydrangea

6½ ft · mid June to early August · until early August

A native shrub for every season: cone-shaped white flowers that age to pink, huge oak-shaped leaves that turn wine red and purple in autumn, and peeling, cinnamon-coloured bark in winter.
Calla lily

2½ ft · mid May to mid July · until mid July

Pure white, funnel-shaped flowers of great elegance, each wrapped around a yellow spike, above glossy, arrow-shaped leaves.
Tall verbena

5 ft · late June to mid October · until mid October

Small clusters of lavender-purple flowers on tall, wiry, almost leafless stems, from midsummer to frost.
Gardenia

5 ft · late May to late July · until late July

Glossy, dark evergreen leaves and creamy white, waxy flowers with a rich, heavy perfume in early summer.
Bee balm

3 ft · early July to early August · starts early July · host plant

Shaggy, colourful flower heads that draw hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.
Tiger lily

4 ft · late July to late August · starts late July

Orange, black-spotted flowers with petals curled right back, up to twenty on a stem, in late summer.

A bed at its best in July

The planner was given only the plants on this page that suit zone 6 and full sun, and designed this 16 × 8 ft (4.9 × 2.4 m) bed from them when the page was made. It is a bed for July on purpose, so its design check marks it down for the rest of the year: a real border would add plants for the other seasons.

A 16 × 8 ft (4.9 × 2.4 m) bed at eye level in mid July: Bloody cranesbill, Verbena 'Homestead Purple', Brown-eyed Susan, Adam's needle, Wild bergamot, Shrubby cinquefoil, Sea lavender, Triteleia 'Queen Fabiola', Easter lily, Drumstick allium. — A 16 × 8 ft (4.9 × 2.4 m) cottage garden in zone 6, full sun, seen from the path in mid July.

From above, to scale. Each circle is one plant, as wide as the room it needs.

The plants

1 Bloody cranesbill × 5, pink
2 Verbena 'Homestead Purple' × 4, purple
3 Brown-eyed Susan × 8, yellow
4 Adam's needle × 1, white
5 Wild bergamot × 3, lavender
6 Shrubby cinquefoil × 1, yellow
7 Sea lavender × 4, lavender
8 Triteleia 'Queen Fabiola' × 12, blue
9 Easter lily × 6, white
10 Drumstick allium × 7, purple

Planned as a cottage garden: 26 of the 26 plants (100%), bulbs aside, stand alone or in groups of no more than five, small enough for the kinds to mingle. The most in flower at one time is 8 kinds, from early July. Verbena 'Homestead Purple' flowers longest, for 21 weeks.

The planner's own design check: 9 Excellent, 8 Good.

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All 540 plants

Show all 540, by where they go in a bed

Front of a bed 139

Aaron's beard 14 in · late June to late August · until late August
Alpine geranium 3 in · late May to early September · until early September
Astilbe 'Sprite' 12 in · early July to early August · starts early July
Avens 'Mai Tai' 18 in · mid May to mid July · until mid July
Baby's breath 'Rosy Veil' 16 in · late June to late August · until late August
Balloon flower 'Sentimental Blue' 8 in · early July to late August · starts early July
Beardtongue 'Prairie Dusk' 20 in · early June to late July · until late July
Bee balm 'Petite Delight' 14 in · late June to early August · until early August
Bellflower 'Dickson's Gold' 5 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Big betony 20 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Black-eyed Susan 'Little Goldstar' 16 in · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Blanket flower 'Arizona Sun' 12 in · mid June to early October · until early October
Blanket flower 'Goblin' 14 in · mid June to early October · until early October
Blanket flower 'Mesa Yellow' 18 in · mid June to early October · until early October
Bleeding heart 'King of Hearts' 12 in · early May to early September · until early September
Bleeding heart 'Luxuriant' 16 in · early May to early September · until early September
Bloody cranesbill 12 in · late May to late July · until late July
Bloody cranesbill 'Max Frei' 8 in · late May to early August · until early August
Blue flax 18 in · mid May to mid July · until mid July
Blue star creeper 3 in · late May to early August · until early August
Burnet 'Tanna' 18 in · early July to early September · starts early July
Calamint 16 in · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Calamint 'Montrose White' 16 in · late June to mid October · until mid October
Carpathian bellflower 10 in · late June to late August · until late August
Carpathian bellflower 'Blue Clips' 8 in · late June to late August · until late August
Catmint 'Cat's Meow' 18 in · late May to early September · until early September
Catmint 'Junior Walker' 16 in · late May to early September · until early September
Catmint 'Purrsian Blue' 16 in · late May to early September · until early September
Catmint 'Walker's Low' 24 in · mid May to mid September · until mid September
Chinese astilbe 'Visions' 18 in · mid July to early August · starts mid July
Chinese delphinium 'Blue Butterfly' 16 in · late June to late August · until late August
Clustered bellflower 18 in · early June to early July · until early July
Coral bells 'Firefly' 10 in · late May to late July · until late July
Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' 16 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising' 18 in · late June to mid September · until mid September
Cottage pinks 'Mrs Sinkins' 12 in · early June to early July · until early July
Cranesbill 'Ann Folkard' 18 in · early June to mid September · until mid September
Cranesbill 'Azure Rush' 16 in · early June to mid October · until mid October
Cranesbill 'Ballerina' 6 in · late May to early September · until early September
Cranesbill 'Johnson's Blue' 18 in · late May to early July · until early July
Cranesbill 'Karmina' 8 in · late May to early July · until early July
Cranesbill 'Rozanne' 18 in · early June to early October · until early October
Cranesbill 'Wargrave Pink' 18 in · late May to early September · until early September
Creeping baby's breath 6 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Creeping thyme 3 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Crested gentian 8 in · late July to early September · starts late July
Curly onion 10 in · late July to early September · starts late July
Dalmatian bellflower 6 in · late May to early July · until early July
Daylily 'Happy Returns' 18 in · mid June to mid September · until mid September
Daylily 'Pardon Me' 18 in · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Daylily 'Purple d'Oro' 20 in · late June to mid September · until mid September
Daylily 'Stella de Oro' 14 in · mid June to mid September · until mid September
Dianthus 'Kahori' 8 in · mid May to early September · until early September
Double dropwort 18 in · early June to early July · until early July
Dwarf Chinese astilbe 12 in · late July to late August · starts late July
Dwarf lady's mantle 8 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Dwarf meadowsweet 'Kahome' 12 in · late June to early August · until early August
Eastern prickly pear 10 in · mid June to early July · until early July
English lavender 'Hidcote' 18 in · late June to late July · until late July
English lavender 'Munstead' 16 in · late June to late July · until late July
Fairy thimbles 4 in · late June to early August · until early August
Fountain grass 'Burgundy Bunny' 16 in · late July to mid September · starts late July
Fountain grass 'Little Bunny' 14 in · late July to mid September · starts late July
Fringed bleeding heart 16 in · early May to late August · until late August
Groundcover rose 18 in · late May to mid October · until mid October
Hardy ice plant 4 in · mid June to early September · until early September
Harebell 12 in · late June to late August · until late August
Heather 16 in · late July to mid September · starts late July
Himalayan cranesbill 14 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Himalayan fleeceflower 'Darjeeling Red' 10 in · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Japanese aster 'Blue Star' 18 in · late June to mid September · until mid September
Lady's mantle 18 in · late May to early July · until early July
Large self-heal 8 in · mid June to early August · until early August
Large-flowered calamint 16 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Lavender cotton 18 in · late June to late July · until late July
Lemon thyme 10 in · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Lupine Gallery Series 20 in · late May to early July · until early July
Maiden pinks 8 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Meadow cranesbill 'Midnight Reiter' 12 in · late May to early July · until early July
Mediterranean sea holly 18 in · late June to early August · until early August
Mexican fleabane 10 in · late May to mid October · until mid October
Missouri evening primrose 10 in · late May to early August · until early August
Moor grass 'Greenlee' 12 in · mid May to late August · until late August
Nepal cinquefoil 'Miss Willmott' 16 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Nodding onion 18 in · early July to early August · starts early July
Orchid primrose 16 in · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Ornamental onion 'Millenium' 18 in · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Ornamental oregano 'Herrenhausen' 20 in · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Pincushion flower 'Butterfly Blue' 16 in · mid May to early October · until early October
Pincushion flower 'Pink Mist' 14 in · late May to early October · until early October
Pineleaf penstemon 12 in · mid June to early August · until early August
Pink English lavender 18 in · late June to late July · until late July
Pink evening primrose 16 in · late May to late July · until late July
Pink tickseed 16 in · late June to early September · until early September
Red creeping thyme 2 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Rock rose 10 in · late May to early July · until early July
Rock rose 'Henfield Brilliant' 10 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Rock rose 'Wisley Primrose' 10 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Roman chamomile 6 in · late June to early August · until early August
Russian stonecrop 6 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Scarlet coral bells 18 in · late May to late July · until late July
Sea holly 'Blue Hobbit' 12 in · late June to late August · until late August
Seaside daisy 10 in · late May to late August · until late August
Sedum 'Dragon's Blood' 4 in · late June to early August · until early August
Sedum 'Tricolor' 4 in · late June to late July · until late July
Serbian bellflower 8 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Shasta daisy 'Banana Cream' 18 in · late June to late August · until late August
Shasta daisy 'Snowcap' 14 in · late June to mid August · until mid August
Speedwell 'Red Fox' 14 in · late June to mid August · until mid August
Speedwell 'Royal Candles' 16 in · late June to late August · until late August
Speedwell 'Sunny Border Blue' 20 in · late June to mid September · until mid September
Spiderwort 'Sweet Kate' 16 in · early June to late July · until late July
Spike speedwell 18 in · late June to early August · until early August
Spotted dead nettle 8 in · early May to mid July · until mid July
Spotted dead nettle 'Beacon Silver' 6 in · early May to late July · until late July
Spotted dead nettle 'White Nancy' 6 in · early May to late July · until late July
Stokes' aster 18 in · late June to mid August · until mid August
Strawberry 'Lipstick' 6 in · mid May to early September · until early September
Striped bloody cranesbill 6 in · late May to late August · until late August
Sundrops 18 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Sundrops 'Fireworks' 18 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Tasteless stonecrop 3 in · late June to mid July · until mid July
Threadleaf coreopsis 'Moonbeam' 18 in · late June to early September · until early September
Threadleaf coreopsis 'Zagreb' 16 in · late June to late August · until late August
Three-toothed cinquefoil 6 in · late May to early July · until early July
Tickseed 'Early Sunrise' 18 in · early June to late August · until late August
Verbena 'Homestead Purple' 10 in · mid May to early October · until early October
Wall germander 12 in · late June to early August · until early August
Wavy hair grass 16 in · early June to late July · until late July
White stonecrop 'Coral Carpet' 3 in · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Wild petunia 16 in · mid June to early September · until early September
Winecups 8 in · late May to late August · until late August
Wintergreen 5 in · late June to late July · until late July
Wood sage 'Blue Hill' 20 in · late May to late July · until late July
Wood sage 'East Friesland' 18 in · late May to late July · until late July
Woodland strawberry 8 in · early May to late August · until late August
Woolly speedwell 14 in · late June to late July · until late July
Woolly yarrow 8 in · late May to early July · until early July
Yellow corydalis 14 in · early May to mid September · until mid September

Middle of a bed 218

Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' 2½ ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Abelia 'Rose Creek' 3 ft · late June to early October · until early October
Adam's needle 3 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
African lily 3 ft · late June to early August · until early August
Alpine sea holly 2½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Anemone 'Wild Swan' 20 in · late May to early October · until early October
Anise hyssop 3 ft · early July to early September · starts early July
Armenian cranesbill 3½ ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Asiatic lily 3 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Astilbe 24 in · late June to mid July · until mid July
Astilbe 'Bridal Veil' 2½ ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Astilbe 'Fanal' 24 in · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Astilbe 'Ostrich Plume' 3 ft · early July to early August · starts early July
Astilbe 'Purple Candles' 3½ ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Autumn sage 2½ ft · mid May to mid October · until mid October
Avens 'Lady Stratheden' 24 in · late May to late July · until late July
Avens 'Mrs J. Bradshaw' 24 in · late May to late July · until late July
Avens 'Totally Tangerine' 2½ ft · mid May to early August · until early August
Balloon flower 24 in · early July to mid August · starts early July
Beardtongue 'Dark Towers' 3 ft · early June to mid July · until mid July
Bee balm 3 ft · early July to early August · starts early July · host plant
Bee balm 'Purple Rooster' 3 ft · late June to mid August · until mid August · host plant
Bee balm 'Raspberry Wine' 3½ ft · late June to mid August · until mid August
Bellflower 'Kent Belle' 3 ft · late June to early August · until early August
Bellflower 'Sarastro' 24 in · late June to early August · until early August
Betony 'Hummelo' 20 in · late June to early August · until early August
Black-eyed Susan 24 in · mid July to mid September · starts mid July · host plant
Black-eyed Susan 'American Gold Rush' 24 in · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Black-eyed Susan 'Goldsturm' 2 ft · late July to late September · starts late July
Blackberry lily 3 ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Blanket flower 20 in · mid June to mid September · until mid September
Blanket flower 'Burgundy' 24 in · mid June to mid September · until mid September
Blazing star 3 ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July · host plant
Blazing star 'Kobold' 24 in · early July to early August · starts early July · host plant
Blue grama 'Blonde Ambition' 2½ ft · mid July to mid October · starts mid July
Blue oat grass 2½ ft · early June to early July · until early July
Bottlebrush grass 3 ft · late June to late August · until late August · host plant
Bush honeysuckle 'Kodiak Orange' 3½ ft · mid June to early August · until early August
Butterfly bush 'Blue Chip' 2½ ft · early July to early October · starts early July
Butterfly weed 24 in · late June to early August · until early August · host plant
Calla lily 2½ ft · mid May to mid July · until mid July
Cardinal flower 'Queen Victoria' 3½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Carthusian pink 24 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Catmint 'Six Hills Giant' 3 ft · late May to early September · until early September
Caucasian scabious 'Fama' 24 in · late June to early September · until early September
Chinese globeflower 'Golden Queen' 2½ ft · early June to mid July · until mid July
Common blanket flower 24 in · mid June to early September · until early September
Coneflower 'Cheyenne Spirit' 2 ft · late June to early September · until early September
Coneflower 'Green Jewel' 24 in · early July to early September · starts early July · host plant
Coneflower 'Hot Papaya' 2½ ft · early July to early September · starts early July
Coneflower 'Kim's Knee High' 20 in · early July to late August · starts early July · host plant
Coneflower 'Magnus' 3 ft · early July to early September · starts early July · host plant
Coneflower 'PowWow Wild Berry' 22 in · late June to mid September · until mid September · host plant
Coneflower 'Sombrero Salsa Red' 24 in · late June to early September · until early September
Coneflower 'White Swan' 2½ ft · early July to early September · starts early July · host plant
Coreopsis 'Full Moon' 2½ ft · late June to mid September · until mid September
Cranesbill 'Brookside' 20 in · late May to early August · until early August
Cranesbill 'Orion' 24 in · late May to late August · until late August
Crocosmia 'Lucifer' 3½ ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Culinary sage 24 in · early June to early July · until early July
Cupid's dart 24 in · late June to late August · until late August
Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' 3½ ft · mid July to mid October · starts mid July
Daphne 'Eternal Fragrance' 2½ ft · early May to early October · until early October
Daylily 2½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Daylily 'Catherine Woodbery' 2½ ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Daylily 'Chicago Apache' 2½ ft · late July to early September · starts late July
Daylily 'Hyperion' 3½ ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Daylily 'Ruby Spider' 3 ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Daylily 'Strawberry Candy' 2 ft · late June to early September · until early September
Delphinium Magic Fountains 3 ft · late June to late July · until late July
Drumstick allium 2½ ft · late June to late July · until late July
Dwarf crape myrtle 'Pocomoke' 2½ ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Dwarf fountain grass 'Hameln' 2½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Easter lily 3 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
False sunflower 'Summer Sun' 3½ ft · late June to early September · until early September
Fernleaf yarrow 'Coronation Gold' 3 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Feverfew 20 in · late June to mid August · until mid August
Floribunda rose 3 ft · early June to early October · until early October
Flowering spurge 2½ ft · early July to late August · starts early July
Foxglove 'Dalmatian Purple' 3½ ft · late May to mid July · until mid July
Frikart's aster 'Monch' 2½ ft · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Fringed pink 20 in · late June to late August · until late August
Garden phlox 'Bright Eyes' 2½ ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Garden phlox 'Laura' 2½ ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Gaura 'Siskiyou Pink' 2½ ft · mid June to early October · until early October · host plant
Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' 3 ft · mid June to mid September · until mid September · host plant
Globe thistle 'Arctic Glow' 3 ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Globe thistle 'Veitch's Blue' 3 ft · early July to late August · starts early July
Gloriosa daisy 2½ ft · late June to mid September · until mid September · host plant
Gloriosa daisy 'Indian Summer' 3 ft · early July to early October · starts early July · host plant
Golden columbine 3 ft · late May to mid July · until mid July
Golden marguerite 24 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Golden St John's wort 'Sunburst' 3 ft · late June to late July · until late July
Gooseneck loosestrife 3 ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Gray's sedge 2½ ft · late May to early September · until early September
Griffith's spurge 'Fireglow' 3 ft · late May to early July · until early July
Hollyhock mallow 3½ ft · late June to mid September · until mid September
Hyssop 20 in · early July to late August · starts early July
Hyssop 'Black Adder' 3 ft · late June to early October · until early October
Hyssop 'Blue Boa' 3 ft · late June to early October · until early October
Hyssop 'Blue Fortune' 3 ft · early July to mid September · starts early July
Indian pink 20 in · early June to early July · until early July
Japanese burnet 2½ ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Japanese catmint 2½ ft · late June to late August · until late August
Japanese iris 3 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Jerusalem sage 3 ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Joe-Pye weed 'Baby Joe' 2½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Kalm's St John's wort 3 ft · early July to early August · starts early July
Knautia 24 in · late June to early September · until early September
Ladybells 2½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Lanceleaf coreopsis 20 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Lavandin 'Grosso' 2½ ft · early July to early August · starts early July
Lavandin 'Phenomenal' 2½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Lavandin 'Provence' 2½ ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Leadplant 2½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Ligularia 'Bottle Rocket' 2½ ft · early July to early August · starts early July
Ligularia 'Desdemona' 3½ ft · late July to early September · starts late July
Long-leaved speedwell 3 ft · late June to mid August · until mid August
Masterwort 24 in · early June to late July · until late July
Masterwort 'Hadspen Blood' 24 in · mid June to late July · until late July
Masterwort 'Roma' 24 in · mid June to early August · until early August
Meadow cranesbill 2½ ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Meadow sage 24 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Meadow sage 'Caradonna' 24 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Mexican feather grass 20 in · early June to late July · until late July
Mexican hat 24 in · late June to early September · until early September
Miss Willmott's ghost 3 ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Montbretia 2½ ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Mountain fleece 'Golden Arrow' 2½ ft · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Mountain hydrangea 'Tuff Stuff' 2½ ft · late June to mid September · until mid September
Mountain mint 3 ft · early July to early September · starts early July · host plant
Mullein 'Southern Charm' 2½ ft · late May to late July · until late July
Musk mallow 2½ ft · late June to late August · until late August
Nettle-leaved mullein 3 ft · mid June to early August · until early August
New Jersey tea 3 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
Northern bush honeysuckle 3 ft · late June to late July · until late July
Northern sea oats 'River Mist' 2½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July · host plant
Oakleaf hydrangea 'Munchkin' 3½ ft · late June to late August · until late August
Obedient plant 'Miss Manners' 2 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Ohio spiderwort 2½ ft · late May to mid July · until mid July
Oregano 20 in · early July to late August · starts early July
Oriental fountain grass 'Karley Rose' 3 ft · late June to early October · until early October
Oriental lily 'Stargazer' 3½ ft · late July to mid August · starts late July
Ornamental onion 'Summer Beauty' 20 in · early July to early August · starts early July
Painted daisy 24 in · early June to mid July · until mid July
Pale purple coneflower 3 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
Panicle hydrangea 'Bobo' 3 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Peach-leaved bellflower 2½ ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Pearly everlasting 24 in · late July to early September · starts late July
Persian cornflower 2½ ft · early June to mid July · until mid July
Pineapple lily 24 in · late July to early September · starts late July
Pineapple lily 'Sparkling Burgundy' 24 in · late July to early September · starts late July
Prairie coreopsis 2½ ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Prairie mallow 'Party Girl' 3 ft · late June to early August · until early August
Purple coneflower 3 ft · late June to early September · until early September · host plant
Purple lobelia 3½ ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Purple milkweed 3 ft · early June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
Purple moor grass 'Moorhexe' 2½ ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Purple moor grass 'Variegata' 24 in · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Quaking grass 24 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Ragged robin 24 in · late May to early July · until early July
Red hot poker 'Flamenco' 3 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Red valerian 2½ ft · late May to early September · until early September
Rocky Mountain penstemon 2½ ft · late May to early July · until early July
Rose 'Flower Carpet Pink' 2½ ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Rose 'Julia Child' 3 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Rose 'The Fairy' 2½ ft · late June to mid October · until mid October
Rose campion 2½ ft · early June to late July · until late July
Russian sage 'Little Spire' 2½ ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Salvia 'Hot Lips' 3 ft · late May to mid October · until mid October
Salvia 'May Night' 24 in · late May to mid July · until mid July
Sea holly 3 ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Sea holly 'Big Blue' 2½ ft · late June to late August · until late August
Sea lavender 24 in · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Shasta daisy 'Crazy Daisy' 2 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Showy milkweed 3½ ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Shrubby cinquefoil 3 ft · early June to mid September · until mid September
Shrubby cinquefoil 'Abbotswood' 2½ ft · early June to mid September · until mid September
Shrubby cinquefoil 'Goldfinger' 3 ft · early June to mid September · until mid September
Sideoats grama 2½ ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Slender mountain mint 2½ ft · early July to late August · starts early July · host plant
Sneezeweed 'Mardi Gras' 3 ft · early July to early September · starts early July
Sneezeweed 'Moerheim Beauty' 3 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Sneezeweed 'Sahin's Early Flowerer' 3 ft · late June to early October · until early October
Sneezewort 'The Pearl' 24 in · late June to mid August · until mid August
Soapweed yucca 2½ ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
Society garlic 20 in · late May to mid September · until mid September
Solitary clematis 24 in · mid June to early August · until early August
Spiderwort 24 in · late May to late July · until late July
Spotted bee balm 24 in · mid July to early September · starts mid July · host plant
Spotted bellflower 'Cherry Bells' 24 in · late June to early August · until early August
Straw foxglove 2½ ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Strawberry foxglove 3 ft · early June to mid July · until mid July
Summersweet 'Hummingbird' 3 ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Sunset hyssop 24 in · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Sweetspire 'Little Henry' 2½ ft · early June to early July · until early July
Switchgrass 'Cheyenne Sky' 3 ft · late July to mid September · starts late July · host plant
Tennessee coneflower 24 in · mid June to late August · until late August · host plant
Texas hummingbird mint 2½ ft · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Tickseed 'Sunray' 20 in · early June to late August · until late August
Triteleia 'Queen Fabiola' 20 in · mid June to early July · until early July
Tufted hair grass 3 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Tufted hair grass 'Goldtau' 24 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Variegated Japanese iris 2½ ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve' 2½ ft · mid April to early October · until early October
White valerian 2½ ft · early June to early September · until early September
Whorled milkweed 24 in · late June to late August · until late August · host plant
Whorled sage 'Purple Rain' 20 in · late June to late August · until late August
Yarrow 24 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Yarrow 'Cerise Queen' 24 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Yarrow 'Moonshine' 24 in · mid June to early August · until early August
Yarrow 'Paprika' 24 in · mid June to late August · until late August
Yarrow 'Terracotta' 2½ ft · late June to late August · until late August
Yellow coneflower 3 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
Yellow foxglove 2½ ft · early June to mid July · until mid July
Yellow loosestrife 3 ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Yucca 'Color Guard' 2½ ft · late June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
Yucca 'Golden Sword' 2½ ft · late June to mid July · until mid July

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Allium 'Ambassador' 4 ft · early June to early July · until early July
American beautyberry 6 ft · late June to late July · until late July
American elderberry 10 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Anise sage 'Black and Blue' 4 ft · late June to mid October · until mid October
Bear's breeches 4 ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Beautyberry 'Early Amethyst' 4 ft · mid July to early August · starts mid July
Bee balm 'Jacob Cline' 4 ft · late June to mid August · until mid August · host plant
Bicolor monkshood 4 ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Bigleaf hydrangea 5 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Bigleaf hydrangea 'Endless Summer' 4 ft · late June to mid September · until mid September
Bigleaf hydrangea 'Nikko Blue' 5 ft · late June to early August · until early August
Black cohosh 5 ft · early July to early August · starts early July · host plant
Black hollyhock 6 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Blue vervain 4 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July · host plant
Bodinier's beautyberry 'Profusion' 8 ft · mid July to early August · starts mid July
Bog sage 5½ ft · late July to mid October · starts late July
Bottlebrush buckeye 10 ft · late June to late July · until late July
Brown-eyed Susan 4 ft · late July to early October · starts late July · host plant
Butterfly bush 'Miss Molly' 5 ft · early July to early October · starts early July
Buttonbush 6½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Canada lily 5 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Canna 5 ft · early July to early October · starts early July · host plant
Cardinal flower 3½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Carolina rose 3½ ft · early June to early July · until early July · host plant
Chaste tree 11½ ft · early July to early September · starts early July
Chinese meadow rue 'Hewitt's Double' 5 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Citron daylily 3½ ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Clary sage 3½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Common milkweed 4 ft · late June to early August · until early August · host plant
Compass plant 8 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Coneflower 'Herbstsonne' 6½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Coralberry 4 ft · mid July to early August · starts mid July
Crinum lily 4 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Culver's root 5 ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Culver's root 'Fascination' 5 ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Cutleaf coneflower 6½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July · host plant
Dahlia 3½ ft · mid July to mid October · starts mid July
Dahlia 'Café au Lait' 4 ft · late July to mid October · starts late July
Delphinium 5 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Delphinium Pacific Giants 6 ft · late June to late July · until late July
Double perennial sunflower 5 ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
English rose 4 ft · early June to early October · until early October
English rose 'Gertrude Jekyll' 5 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
English rose 'Graham Thomas' 5 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
False spirea 'Sem' 3½ ft · late June to late July · until late July
False sunflower 4 ft · late June to early September · until early September
False sunflower 'Summer Nights' 3½ ft · late June to early September · until early September
Feather reed grass 'Avalanche' 5 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster' 5 ft · late June to early October · until early October
Feather reed grass 'Overdam' 4 ft · late June to mid September · until mid September
Featherleaf rodgersia 3½ ft · late June to late July · until late July
Fernleaf yarrow 'Cloth of Gold' 4½ ft · late June to late August · until late August
Foxglove 4 ft · early June to mid July · until mid July
Foxtail lily 6 ft · early June to early July · until early July
Frost grass 4½ ft · late July to early September · starts late July
Garden phlox 3½ ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Garden phlox 'David' 3½ ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Garden phlox 'Jeana' 4 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Gardenia 5 ft · late May to late July · until late July
Giant coneflower 6 ft · late June to early August · until early August · host plant
Giant feather grass 6½ ft · mid June to early August · until early August
Giant fleeceflower 6 ft · early June to late August · until late August
Giant scabious 6½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Gladiolus 4 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Globe thistle 3½ ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Globe thistle 'Blue Glow' 4 ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Glossy abelia 5 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Golden lace 5 ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Great burnet 4 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Greater sea kale 6 ft · early June to early July · until early July
Grey-headed coneflower 4 ft · early July to late August · starts early July · host plant
Ground clematis 'Purpurea' 5 ft · early June to mid July · until mid July
Hardy fuchsia 4 ft · late June to mid October · until mid October
Hardy hibiscus 5 ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Hardy hibiscus 'Kopper King' 3½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Hardy hibiscus 'Lord Baltimore' 5 ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Henry's lily 6 ft · late July to late August · starts late July
Hollow Joe-Pye weed 7 ft · late July to mid September · starts late July · host plant
Hollyhock 6 ft · early July to late August · starts early July
Hybrid tea rose 4 ft · early June to early October · until early October
Hybrid tea rose 'Peace' 5 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Italian bugloss 'Dropmore' 4 ft · late May to mid July · until mid July
Japanese meadowsweet 3½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Joe Pye weed 'Gateway' 6 ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Joe Pye weed 'Little Joe' 4 ft · late July to early September · starts late July
Lacecap hydrangea 'Twist-n-Shout' 4 ft · late June to mid September · until mid September
Lavender mist meadow rue 6 ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Ligularia 'The Rocket' 5 ft · early July to early August · starts early July
Lupine 3½ ft · late May to early July · until early July
Madonna lily 4 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Maltese cross 3½ ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Martagon lily 4 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Meadow blazing star 4 ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Meadow rue 'Black Stockings' 6 ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Milky bellflower 4½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Monkshood 4 ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Mountain fleece 'Firetail' 3½ ft · early July to early October · starts early July
Mountain hydrangea 3½ ft · late June to mid August · until mid August
Mountain hydrangea 'Bluebird' 4 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Narrow-leaved foxtail lily 3½ ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Northern sea oats 3½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July · host plant
Oakleaf hydrangea 6½ ft · mid June to early August · until early August
Oakleaf hydrangea 'Alice' 10 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Oakleaf hydrangea 'Pee Wee' 3½ ft · mid June to early August · until early August
Oakleaf hydrangea 'Ruby Slippers' 3½ ft · mid June to early August · until early August
Oakleaf hydrangea 'Snow Queen' 6 ft · late June to late August · until late August
Oceanspray 10 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Oleander 10 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Orienpet lily 6 ft · mid July to early August · starts mid July
Panicle hydrangea 'Fire Light' 6½ ft · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Panicle hydrangea 'Limelight' 7 ft · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Panicle hydrangea 'Little Lime' 4 ft · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Panicle hydrangea 'Pinky Winky' 7 ft · mid July to early October · starts mid July
Panicle hydrangea 'Quick Fire' 7 ft · late June to mid September · until mid September
Panicle hydrangea 'Vanilla Strawberry' 6½ ft · mid July to early October · starts mid July
PeeGee hydrangea 13 ft · late July to early October · starts late July
Plume poppy 7 ft · early July to mid August · starts early July
Prairie blazing star 4 ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Purple beautyberry 4 ft · late June to early August · until early August
Purple fountain grass 4 ft · late June to mid October · until mid October
Queen of the prairie 6 ft · late June to late July · until late July
Rattlesnake master 4 ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July · host plant
Red hot poker 3½ ft · late June to early August · until early August
Red hot poker 'Percy's Pride' 3½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July
Regal lily 5 ft · early July to late July · starts early July
Rodgersia 4 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Rose 'Bonica' 4 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Rose 'Carefree Beauty' 5 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Rose 'Double Knock Out' 4 ft · late May to mid October · until mid October
Rose 'Iceberg' 4 ft · mid June to early October · until early October
Rose of Sharon 10 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Rose of Sharon 'Blue Chiffon' 10 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Rose of Sharon 'Diana' 8 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Rose of Sharon 'Sugar Tip' 8 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Rosebay rhododendron 15 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Rugosa rose 5 ft · early June to mid September · until mid September
Rugosa rose 'Blanc Double de Coubert' 5 ft · early June to mid September · until mid September
Rugosa rose 'Hansa' 5 ft · early June to mid September · until mid September
Russian hollyhock 6 ft · late June to early September · until early September
Russian sage 4 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Rusty foxglove 5 ft · late June to early August · until early August
Scarlet rose mallow 6½ ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
Shasta daisy 'Becky' 3½ ft · early July to early September · starts early July
Shrub rose 'Knock Out' 4 ft · late May to mid October · until mid October
Smokebush 'Golden Spirit' 8 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Smokebush 'Grace' 13 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Smokebush 'Royal Purple' 11½ ft · early June to late July · until late July
Smooth hydrangea 'Annabelle' 4 ft · late June to early September · until early September · host plant
Smooth hydrangea 'Incrediball' 5 ft · late June to early September · until early September · host plant
Smooth hydrangea 'Invincibelle Spirit II' 3½ ft · late June to mid September · until mid September · host plant
Snowberry 4 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
Spiny bear's breeches 4 ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Spotted Joe-Pye weed 5½ ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July
St John's wort 'Hidcote' 3½ ft · late June to mid September · until mid September
Staghorn sumac 'Tiger Eyes' 6 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July · host plant
Summersweet 6½ ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Summersweet 'Ruby Spice' 6 ft · mid July to mid August · starts mid July
Swamp azalea 6½ ft · late June to mid July · until mid July
Swamp milkweed 4 ft · early July to early August · starts early July · host plant
Swamp milkweed 'Ice Ballet' 3½ ft · early July to mid August · starts early July · host plant
Sweet coneflower 'Henry Eilers' 4½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July · host plant
Sweet Joe Pye weed 6 ft · late July to early September · starts late July
Sweetshrub 'Aphrodite' 6½ ft · late May to late August · until late August
Switchgrass 'Heavy Metal' 4½ ft · late July to mid September · starts late July · host plant
Tall astilbe 'Superba' 4 ft · late July to late August · starts late July
Tall larkspur 5 ft · mid July to late August · starts mid July
Tall moor grass 'Skyracer' 7 ft · mid July to mid September · starts mid July
Tall verbena 5 ft · late June to mid October · until mid October
Tiger lily 4 ft · late July to late August · starts late July
Trumpet lily 5 ft · mid July to early August · starts mid July
Tuberous Jerusalem sage 5 ft · mid June to late July · until late July
Turk's cap lily 6 ft · mid July to early August · starts mid July
Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake' 6½ ft · mid May to early September · until early September
Virginia rose 5 ft · mid June to mid July · until mid July
Virginia sweetspire 5 ft · early June to early July · until early July
Virginia sweetspire 'Henry's Garnet' 4 ft · early June to early July · until early July
Weigela 'Sonic Bloom Pink' 4½ ft · late May to mid September · until mid September
White meadowsweet 4 ft · late June to late August · until late August · host plant
Wild bergamot 3½ ft · early July to late August · starts early July
Wild quinine 3½ ft · late June to late August · until late August
Winged sumac 11½ ft · late July to late August · starts late July · host plant
Woodland sunflower 4 ft · mid July to early September · starts mid July · host plant
Yellow meadow rue 5 ft · late June to mid July · until mid July