Cream and ivory flowers
Champa, gardenia, old roses and proteas.
RoseRosa
Woody perennial plants with showy, often fragrant flowers in many colours
Rosa · Wildflower
OrchidOrchidaceae
A vast family of colourful, often fragrant flowers found almost everywhere on earth
Orchidaceae · Wildflower
Dahlia
A bushy perennial with tuberous roots and bright, star-shaped blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Garden flower
Gladiolus
Tall, showy flower spikes grown from corms, known as sword lilies
Gladiolus · Garden flower
PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima
The red-bracted shrub of Christmas displays, native to Mexico and Central America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
Banana magnoliaMagnolia figo
A fragrant evergreen tree with velvety buds and creamy or purple flowers
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Iris lortetiiאִירוּס הָדוּר
A rare pink-veined iris from rocky slopes in Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine
🇮🇱 Israel and 3 more · Wildflower
Kashmir IrisIris kashmiriana
A fragrant iris from the western Himalaya, often planted on graves in Kashmir
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Wildflower
Elegant zinniaZinnia elegans
A bright annual garden flower from Mexico with many colourful forms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 more · Garden flower
Begonia × tuberhybrida
Hybrid begonias grown for their large, colourful flowers from tubers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Tenweeks stockMatthiola incana
A fragrant garden flower in many colours, grown for beds and bouquets
🇪🇸 Spain and 4 more · Garden flower
Calla lilyZantedeschia
Showy funnel-shaped flowers from southern Africa, grown worldwide as ornamentals
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Tahitian gardeniaGardenia taitensis
A fragrant white flower woven into Pacific island garlands and oils
🇹🇴 Tonga and 1 more · Garden flower
Cape jasmineGardenia jasminoides
A glossy-leaved shrub with large, fragrant white flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Proteasuikerbos
Large-headed South African flowers called sugarbushes, with many wild species
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Floribunda rose
A garden rose group with many blooms in clusters
Garden flower
Poppy anemoneAnemone coronaria
Red, white, or blue Mediterranean flower with a dark crown centre
🇮🇱 Israel and 7 more · Wildflower
ArctotisGousblom
A group of daisy-like flowers from southern Africa grown for their bright blooms
Arctotis · Wildflower
FeatherflowerVerticordia
Woody Australian shrubs with feathery, colourful flowers
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
TuberosePolianthes tuberosa
A highly fragrant white flower grown from tuberous roots, prized for perfume and decoration
🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 more · Garden flower
ChampakMagnolia champaca
A tall tree with fragrant yellow to orange flowers, prized in South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Flowering tree
Common LilacSyringa vulgaris
A spring-flowering shrub with fragrant purple or white blooms
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 more · Garden flower
Helichrysum
A large group of daisy-like flowers known for their lasting dried blooms
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
A white, long-lasting bulb flower from South Africa’s Cape Province
🇿🇦 South Africa · Bulb flower
Protea neriifolia
A South African shrub with cone-shaped flower heads and hairy-tipped bracts
🇿🇦 South Africa and 3 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Champak: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Common Lilac: Nedelin, CC BY 2.5, source
- Helichrysum: Iorsh at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Ornithogalum thyrsoides: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Protea neriifolia: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, source
- Dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0, source
- Gladiolus: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poinsettia: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orchid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Banana magnolia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris lortetii: שרה גולד, CC BY 2.5, source
- Kashmir Iris: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Elegant zinnia: Simon Koopmann, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Begonia × tuberhybrida: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tenweeks stock: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Calla lily: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tahitian gardenia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cape jasmine: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea: Andrew massyn, Public domain, source
- Floribunda rose: Anna reg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arctotis: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Featherflower: Cygnis insignis, Public domain, source
- Tuberose: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source