Cream and ivory flowers
Champa, gardenia, old roses and proteas.
Eucalyptus
The tall, aromatic trees and shrubs known as gum trees or eucalypts
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
LindenTilia
Tall, broad-leaved trees with fragrant yellow flowers and heart-shaped leaves
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
Acacia
Shrubs and trees with golden or cream puffball flowers, native mostly to Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 6 more · Wildflower
Black locustRobinia pseudoacacia
A tall, fragrant-flowered tree native to eastern North America
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Flowering tree
Plumeria
Fragrant tropical tree with waxy, five-petaled flowers in many colours
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Flowering tree
Yucca
Dry-climate plants with pointed leaves and clusters of creamy white flowers
🇲🇽 Mexico and 4 more · Wildflower
Banana magnoliaMagnolia figo
A fragrant evergreen tree with velvety buds and creamy or purple flowers
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Spanish cherryMimusops elengi
A fragrant evergreen tree with cream flowers and edible fruit
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree
Protea afra
A variable shrub or small tree with pink to red flower heads from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 6 more · Wildflower
Japanese flowering cherryPrunus serrulata
The cherry tree grown for its spring blossom in Japan and beyond
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Flowering tree
Banksia serrata
A rugged Australian tree with chunky flower spikes and toothed leaves
🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree
OliveOlea europaea
Evergreen tree grown for its fruit and oil across the Mediterranean and beyond
🇪🇸 Spain and 7 more · Flowering tree
Banks' grevilleaGrevillea banksii
A Queensland shrub with creamy or scarlet flowers and divided leaves
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Flowering shrub
Melaleuca
A large Australian genus of shrubs and trees with brush-like flowers
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 more · Flowering tree
Broad-leaved paperbarkMelaleuca quinquenervia
A swamp-dwelling Australian tree with peeling bark and creamy bottlebrush flowers
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Flowering tree
Dombeya
A large genus of flowering shrubs and trees, mostly from Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 7 more · Flowering shrub
ChampakMagnolia champaca
A tall tree with fragrant yellow to orange flowers, prized in South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Flowering tree
Gardenia
A fragrant white-flowered shrub from tropical regions worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Bull banksiaBanksia grandis
A tall, fire-resistant tree with large lobed leaves and pale yellow flower spikes
🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree
Sphaerocoryne lefevreiរំដួល
A fragrant Southeast Asian tree with cream to yellow blossoms
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 more · Wildflower
Persian silk treeAlbizia julibrissin
A small tree with pink, silky starburst flowers and fern-like leaves
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Flowering tree
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Champak: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain, source
- Eucalyptus: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, source
- Plumeria: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gardenia: Queerbubbles, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Acacia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bull banksia: Cygnis insignis, Public domain, source
- Linden: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0, source
- Black locust: Annabell Hormann / korina.info, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sphaerocoryne lefevrei: ទេព សុវិចិត្រ at Khmer Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Persian silk tree: Cmapm, Public domain, source
- Banana magnolia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spanish cherry: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prunus 'Kanzan': Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea afra: Paul venter, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banksia serrata: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Olive: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Banks' grevillea: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Melaleuca: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Broad-leaved paperbark: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dombeya: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source