July Blooming Flowers

Broadleaf Evergreens

• Arabian jasmine is a broadleaf evergreen plant from tropical climes that grows as a shrub or vine, generating white July flowers. Outside of U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness zones 9 through 11, it is suitable as an indoor plant. Scotch heather, silverbush and lantana bloom during July. Lavender cotton, suitable from USDA Plant Hardiness zones 6 through 9, grows only to 2 feet, allowing its use as a ground cover or in rock gardens. Its yellow July flowers, looking like buttons, are in sharp contrast to the silvery-gray foliage.

Deciduous Shrubs

• Several sorts of deciduous shrubs turn out July flowers. Butterfly bushes such as Attraction and Monum, blooming during July, are staples of butterfly gardens. July is the height of the blooming season for beautyberry, with its lavender flowers emerging along the stems and turning into clusters of lilac-colored fruits. Beautyberry works well in bird gardens, since the berries provide nourishment and attraction to birds. The smooth and big-leaf varieties of hydrangea comprise many of these July flowering shrubs, with cultivars such as Mousmee, Shamrock and Tokyo Delight blooming in the summer. Shrub forms of roses and the crape myrtle also flower in the seventh month.

Vines

• Calico flower is one of several vines with July flowers; it grows in warm climates from USDA Plant Hardiness zones 9 through 12, producing purple-spotted white flowers. Other warm-weather vines for July blooms include red passion flower, moon flower and glory flower. Vines fit for plantings in colder zones, such as USDA Plant Hardiness zones 4 and 5, with July flowers include species such as clematis. Many forms of clematis bloom during July: My Angel, Niobe and Golden Cross are just three. Common trumpet creeper vines have bright, highly visible July flowers. These vines grow vertically on trellises or horizontally along the ground, attaining lengths up to 40 feet, according to the University of Connecticut Plant Database.

Trees

• Summer flowers are an ornamental asset to the castor-aralia tree, an Asian shade tree growing to 60 feet in full sun conditions. Another tree with July blooms is the mimosa, with silky flowers. Mimosa is an option for areas with alkaline soil notes the Missouri Botanical Garden. The bee bee tree, blue elder, silver linden and some magnolia tree species flower in July. The silver linden is a European relative of the American linden. Its flowers have the same ability to lure buzzing bees to it to gather their nectar.