Flower recommendation around middle of July (5)
I believe the answer is:
tulip
'flower' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'recommendation around middle of july' is the wordplay.
'recommendation' becomes 'tip' (I've seen this in another clue).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'middle of' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letters of 'july' are 'ul'.
'tip' placed around 'ul' is 'TULIP'.
(Other definitions for tulip that I've seen before include "Dutch export" , "Spring-blooming plant" , "cause of mania once" , "Plant at the centre of the Dutch financial bubble of 1637" , "Bloomer" .)