Plants that bloom in July in Zone 3 with red flowers

Asiatic Lily

Upward-facing blooms in a wide range of vivid colors. Easy to grow and brilliant in the summer border.

Astilbe

Feathery plumes that light up shady, moist spots like nothing else can.

Bee Balm

Shaggy, crown-shaped flowers that hummingbirds fight over.

Blanket Flower

Fiery bicolor pinwheels that bloom nonstop in the worst heat and soil.

Cardinal Flower

Screaming scarlet spikes. The most vivid red in the native plant world.

Celosia

Flame-shaped or crested flowers in electric colors that dry beautifully. Heat lovers that thrive in summer.

Chicago Apache Daylily

Scarlet red with a velvety texture. One of the best true red daylilies available.

Clematis

The queen of flowering vines. Over 300 species, something for every spot.

Coral Bells

Grown mostly for dramatic foliage, but the tiny bell flowers are a bonus.

Cosmos

Airy, dancing flowers on thread-thin stems. Effortless cottage garden charm.

Dahlia

Endless forms from dinner-plate to pompom. The obsession of flower farmers.

Daylily

Virtually indestructible perennial with trumpet blooms in every warm hue.

Dianthus

Spicy clove-scented pinks with fringed petals in pink, red, white, or salmon, one of the best long-blooming edgers and front-of-border perennials for sun.

Dragon's Blood Sedum

Creeping mat of burgundy-tinged foliage with starry red flowers. Turns deep red in fall.

Fanal Astilbe

The deepest garnet-red of any astilbe. Dark bronze foliage makes those plumes glow.

Garden Phlox

Billowing clusters of fragrant summer color. A butterfly magnet.

Hens and Chicks

Tight rosettes that multiply by producing offsets. The mother plant flowers once, then dies, replaced by chicks.

Honeysuckle

Tubular, nectar-rich flowers with a fragrance that defines summer evenings.

Impatiens

The shade annual champion. Flowers prolifically where nothing else will.

Marigold

Bulletproof color all season long. The workhorse of warm-toned borders.

Morning Glory

Fast-climbing vine with trumpets that open fresh every morning.

Night Embers Daylily

Deep burgundy-red with a black eye and yellow throat, smoldering in the summer border.

Oriental Lily

Huge, intensely fragrant blooms in deep pink and white that perfume the entire garden. The lily that defines summer.

Pardon Me Daylily

Compact cranberry-red with a yellow-green throat and one of the best reblooming habits in the entire family.

Petunia

Cascading color for containers and beds. Blooms nonstop until frost.

Quick Fire Hydrangea

Blooms a full month before other paniculatas. White cones age to deep rosy pink by fall.

Red Hot Returns Daylily

Brilliant red with a small yellow center, compact and one of the earliest daylilies to kick into rebloom.

Rose

The queen of the garden. Modern varieties are surprisingly low-maintenance.

Salvia

Vertical flower spikes that hummingbirds and bees cannot resist.

Scarlet Gilia

Tubular red trumpets on a wiry biennial that hummingbirds adore across the Mountain West. Blooms its second year, then self-sows.

Scarlet Sage

Electric red spikes that hummingbirds zero in on. Common bedding plant that earns its spot every year.

Snapdragon

Vertical flower spikes with squeeze-open blooms. Kids love them.

Spirea

Flat-topped flower clusters on tidy mounds. The easiest flowering shrub.

Sunflower

Pure joy on a stalk. Birds love the seeds, kids love the spectacle.

Tickseed

Cheerful native daisy that blooms for months with almost no care.

Yarrow

Flat-topped clusters on ferny foliage. Thrives on neglect in poor soil.

Zinnia

Easy-grow annual with electric colors. Cut-and-come-again champion.