Quick answer: 41 native Maine plants have a recorded bloom range that includes July.
41 species
- American basswood Tilia americana · 37 states
- American bellflower Campanulastrum americanum · 34 states
- Black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata · 25 states
- Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta · 44 states
- Blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum · 32 states
- Bog Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum · 11 states
- Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia · 9 states
- Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa · 40 states
- Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis · 41 states
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · 44 states
- Common winterberry Ilex verticillata · 32 states
- Common yarrow Achillea millefolium · 47 states
- Cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata · 43 states
- Eastern red columbine Aquilegia canadensis · 36 states
- Eastern teaberry Gaultheria procumbens · 23 states
- Fall obedient plant Physostegia virginiana · 37 states
- Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium · 37 states
- Foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis · 35 states
- Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica · 36 states
- Great laurel Rhododendron maximum · 20 states
- Hairy beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus · 19 states
- Harebell Campanula rotundifolia · 35 states
- Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia · 23 states
- New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus · 35 states
- Partridgeberry Mitchella repens · 31 states
- Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea · 38 states
- Scarlet beebalm Monarda didyma · 25 states
- Sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis · 26 states
- Sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia · 13 states
- Showy tick trefoil Desmodium canadense · 29 states
- Shrubby St. John's-wort Hypericum prolificum · 33 states
- Shrubby five-fingers Sibbaldiopsis tridentata · 15 states
- Southern arrowwood Viburnum dentatum · 28 states
- Sundial lupine Lupinus perennis · 28 states
- Swamp rose Rosa palustris · 27 states
- Sweet Joe-Pye Eutrochium purpureum · 33 states
- Trumpet vine Campsis radicans · 33 states
- Virgin's bower Clematis virginiana · 27 states
- Virginia chain fern Woodwardia virginica · 24 states
- Winged sumac Rhus copallinum · 30 states
- Witherod viburnum Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides · 24 states
July in a Maine native garden
July is a quieter month in Maine: 41 of the state's 125 native plants flower in July, compared with 74 at the April peak. That makes these plants valuable for keeping color, and food for pollinators, going outside the main season.
7 start blooming in July, including Blue mistflower, Cutleaf coneflower and Fall obedient plant. 13 finish in July, including American basswood, Black huckleberry and Bog rosemary, so this is the last chance to see them in flower.
32 of them grow in full or partial sun and 26 tolerate shade, so there are options for open beds and woodland edges alike. Sizes run from low plants like Black-eyed Susan and Bog rosemary to trees such as American basswood and Chokecherry. For wildlife, 32 support pollinators, 30 provide food or cover for birds and 15 are caterpillar host plants.
33 of the 41 have a seed or plant listing we verified as the wild species. Be careful buying Black-eyed Susan, Bog rosemary, Common yarrow: common listings for these are often a bred variety or a different species.
Good places to start
Verified wild-species listings that take sun and are widely native, so they are forgiving first plants.
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms Apr-Jul
- Cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms Jul-Oct
- Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms May-Oct