Maroon and dark flowers
Chocolate cosmos, black tulips, dark dahlias and bat flowers.
AmaranthAmaranthus
A tall, colourful plant grown for its flowers, leaves and edible seeds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Sour cherryPrunus cerasus
The small, tart cherry tree grown for its sour red fruit
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Flowering tree
Common poppyPapaver rhoeas
The vivid red wildflower of fields and remembrance
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Helianthus
Tall North American plants with large, bright flower heads called sunflowers
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 more · Wildflower
ElderSambucus nigra
A tall shrub or small tree with clusters of white flowers and dark berries
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Wildflower
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Wildflower
LilacSyringa
Fragrant spring-flowering shrubs and small trees grown for their showy clusters
Syringa · Flowering shrub
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
Clematis
A climbing vine with showy flowers, prized in gardens worldwide
Clematis · Wildflower
Crimsoneyed rosemallowHibiscus moscheutos
A large-flowered wetland hibiscus with a deep red eye
🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Wildflower
Wonga wonga vinePandorea pandorana
A climbing Australian vine with white, purple-marked flowers
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Climber
Hybrid tea rose
The classic long-stemmed garden and cut rose with high-centred blooms
🇫🇷 France · Garden flower
Blanket FlowerGaillardia aristata
A drought-tolerant wildflower with yellow and maroon daisy-like blooms
🇺🇸 United States and 6 more · Wildflower
Honey garlicAllium siculum
A tall Allium with drooping cream-and-maroon bell flowers and twisted blue-gray leaves
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 6 more · Wildflower
Chocolate cosmosCosmos atrosanguineus
A dark red, chocolate-scented flower native to Mexico
🇲🇽 Mexico · Garden flower
Cypripedium tibeticum
A high-altitude slipper orchid with deep maroon to pink flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Begonia × tuberhybrida
Hybrid begonias grown for their large, colourful flowers from tubers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Jasmine tobaccoNicotiana alata
A fragrant night-blooming tobacco grown for its showy flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
WallflowerErysimum
A group of bright, often fragrant flowers found wild and in gardens worldwide
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Wildflower
NasturtiumTropaeolum majus
A bright edible flower with round leaves and trailing stems
🇧🇴 Bolivia and 5 more · Garden flower
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
A low, evergreen groundcover with violet or white star-shaped flowers
🇫🇷 France and 4 more · Wildflower
Common mallowMalva sylvestris
A wild and garden flower with mauve-purple blooms and edible leaves
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Blanket Flower: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Helianthus: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chocolate cosmos: Björn Appel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prunus: Benjamin Gimmel, BenHur, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Elder: Willow, CC BY 2.5, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Amaranth: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilac: Marisa DeMeglio, CC BY 2.0, source
- Clematis: Jolly Janner, Public domain, source
- Cypripedium tibeticum: Patricia Harding, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common poppy: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, source
- Begonia × tuberhybrida: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jasmine tobacco: Carl E Lewis, CC BY 2.0, source
- Wallflower: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nasturtium: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- Lesser Periwinkle: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Common mallow: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crimsoneyed rosemallow: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wonga wonga vine: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hybrid tea rose: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Honey garlic: Leo Michels, CC0, source