Red flowers
Roses, poppies, hibiscus, flame trees and tulips.
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
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb flower
Sparaxis
Spring-flowering bulbs from South Africa with striking six-petalled blooms
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Lilium davidii
A tall Asian lily with edible bulbs and orange recurved flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Tulipa linifolia
A small red tulip with flax-like leaves from Central Asia
🇹🇯 Tajikistan and 3 more · Wildflower
Tulipa suaveolens
Wild Eurasian tulip with bowl-shaped flowers in many colours
🇷🇺 Russia and 6 more · Wildflower
Lilium pensylvanicum
A cold-climate lily with upright orange-red blooms
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Albert's tulipTulipa alberti
A wild tulip with reddish, orange or pink flowers from Central Asia's mountains
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan and 2 more · Wildflower
Tulipa fosteriana
A wild tulip from Central Asia with large red spring flowers
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 3 more · Wildflower
Lilium pumilum
A small Asian lily with nodding red flowers and a light scent
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Wild tulipTulipa sylvestris
A wild yellow tulip with a light scent, found from Portugal to western China
🇵🇹 Portugal and 6 more · Wildflower
Armenian tulipTulipa armena
A wild tulip from the Armenian Highlands with many forms and colours
🇦🇲 Armenia and 4 more · Wildflower
Sprenger's tulipTulipa sprengeri
A bright red wild tulip from Amasya, Turkey, once thought extinct
🇹🇷 Turkey and 2 more · Wildflower
Orange wild tulipTulipa orphanidea
A copper-red wild tulip from the Balkans and western Turkey
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 2 more · Wildflower
Brunsvigia
Bulbous plants with striking pink or red flowers from southern Africa
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 1 more · Wildflower
Babianabobbejaantjie
A group of small, colourful flowering plants from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 more · Wildflower
Tulipa montana
A small wild tulip with deep red blooms from the mountains of Iran and Turkmenistan
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Wildflower
Tulipa agenensis
A wild red tulip from the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Wildflower
Cyprus tulipTulipa cypria
A rare blood-red tulip found only in Cyprus
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Wildflower
Eichler tulipTulipa eichleri
A rare deep red tulip from the Caucasus and Iran with a dark central blotch
🇬🇪 Georgia and 4 more · Wildflower
Lilium pyrenaicum
A mountain lily with yellow to red Turk's-cap flowers and a musky scent
🇪🇸 Spain · Wildflower
Lycoris
Bulb flowers of Asia, known for their bright blooms and leafless stems
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
Crocosmia
Sword-leaved perennials with bright red and orange summer flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 more · Garden flower
Nerine
Bulbous perennials with wavy pink to red flowers from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 more · Wildflower
Orange lilyLilium bulbiferum
A bright orange European lily with spotted flowers and stem bulbils
🇪🇸 Spain and 3 more · Wildflower
Begonia × tuberhybrida
Hybrid begonias grown for their large, colourful flowers from tubers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Amaryllis
A South African bulb with pink or white funnel-shaped blooms on bare stems
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Bulb flower
Calla lilyZantedeschia
Showy funnel-shaped flowers from southern Africa, grown worldwide as ornamentals
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Garden hyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
A spring bulb with dense, fragrant flower clusters in many colours
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Garden flower
Tulipa albanica
A rare wild tulip found only in northeastern Albania
🇦🇱 Albania · Wildflower
Hippeastrum
Large-flowered bulb plants from the Americas, often called amaryllis
Hippeastrum · Bulb flower
Crocus cartwrightianus
A small autumn-blooming crocus from Greece with vivid red stigmas
🇬🇷 Greece · Wildflower
Hardy swamplilyCrinum bulbispermum
A pink, white or red lily from southern Africa, grown for its showy, scented flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Garden flower
Crown imperialFritillaria imperialis
Tall spring flower with a ring of drooping blooms like a crown
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 more · Wildflower
Jacobean LilyZephyranthes formosissima
A striking red-flowered bulb native to Mexico, often called Jacobean lily
🇲🇽 Mexico · Wildflower
SaffronCrocus sativus
The crimson threads of an autumn crocus, dried for colour, flavour and scent
🇮🇷 Iran and 6 more · Bulb flower
Mariposa lilyCalochortus
Wild lilies with showy, often hairy flowers across western North America
🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower
Water-lily tulipTulipa kaufmanniana
A dwarf tulip from Central Asia with star-shaped flowers
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan and 6 more · Wildflower
Fritillaria
Bell-shaped spring flowers from the lily family grown for gardens and tradition
Fritillaria · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Saffron: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Water-lily tulip: Retired electrician, CC0, source
- Fritillaria: DHochmayr, Public domain, source
- Sparaxis: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilium davidii: Darm Crook, Public domain, source
- Tulipa linifolia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulipa suaveolens: Ardyansa Nugraha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lilium pensylvanicum: Нацку, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0, source
- Gladiolus: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hanakotoba: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Albert's tulip: Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892), German botanist., Public domain, source
- Tulipa fosteriana: I would appreciate being notified if you use my work outside Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Lilium pumilum: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wild tulip: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, source
- Armenian tulip: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sprenger's tulip: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orange wild tulip: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, source
- Brunsvigia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Babiana: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulipa montana: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulipa agenensis: Zachi Evenor and MathKnight, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cyprus tulip: Aliosha Bielenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eichler tulip: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilium pyrenaicum: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lycoris: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Crocosmia: Brocken Inaglory ( Brocken Inaglory ) at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nerine: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orange lily: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Begonia × tuberhybrida: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Calla lily: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Garden hyacinth: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulipa albanica: Pikellima, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hippeastrum: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crocus cartwrightianus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hardy swamplily: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, source
- Crown imperial: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jacobean Lily: LucaLuca, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mariposa lily: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source