Looking to bring bold color, texture, and fragrance to your summer landscape designs? These standout plants are known for their resilience in heat and their ability to create eye-catching focal points in any setting. Whether you’re designing for residential properties, commercial installations, or curated garden spaces, these selections offer both performance and personality.

Here’s a closer look at some exceptional choices that shine in the summer:

Bonsai Blue Jacaranda

Compact and vibrant, the Bonsai Blue Jacaranda offers the charm of the traditional jacaranda tree without the massive size. Its fine, fern-like foliage and clusters of lavender-blue flowers make it a perfect ornamental tree for smaller spaces or accent plantings. It thrives in full sun and is well-suited for containers, patios, and urban landscapes.

Summer Soul Arabian Jasmine

Highly prized for its intensely fragrant white blooms, the Summer Soul Arabian Jasmine brings an exotic touch to the landscape. This evergreen shrub has a compact, bushy form and thrives in sunny, well-drained areas. Its scent is strongest in the evening, making it a standout choice for sensory gardens and outdoor seating spaces.

Juanita Hatten Staked Bougainvillea

This variety of bougainvillea is known for its vivid, papery bracts that range in hues from magenta to fuchsia. Staked for vertical interest, the Juanita Hatten Bougainvillea is an excellent choice for containers, trellises, and borders. It’s drought-tolerant once established and provides a long season of color with minimal maintenance.

Bright Star Yucca

Bright Star Yucca adds structural drama to landscapes with its striking rosettes of sword-like leaves edged in bright yellow. Over time, it develops a thick, woody stem, giving it a unique, sculptural presence. Ideal for xeriscaping and modern garden designs, this yucca also tolerates heat and drought exceptionally well.

Yucca recurvifolia ‘Yellow Mellow’

This soft-leaf yucca offers a more graceful silhouette, with gently arching foliage that transitions from blue-green to buttery yellow. ‘Yellow Mellow’ is great for adding contrast to garden beds or creating flowing movement in drought-tolerant plantings. It’s hardy and low-maintenance, thriving in full sun and sandy or rocky soils.

Beaked Yucca

Tall, narrow, and architectural, the Beaked Yucca (Yucca rostrata) makes a bold statement in any landscape. With its spherical crown of silvery blue leaves and striking trunk, it’s a favorite among designers for focal-point planting. It’s exceptionally hardy and performs well in hot, dry climates, making it an ideal candidate for Southwestern or minimalist garden styles.

These summer-hardy plants are favorites among landscape professionals for their unique beauty and dependable performance. Whether you’re designing a refined courtyard or a rugged xeriscape, incorporating these selections can elevate the look and feel of any project.

Visit Newton Nurseries today or browse our current inventory to add these stunning, summer plants to your next landscape project.