🇦🇱 The flowers of Albania
6 pages from Albania: its flowers, the things made with them and the places to see them, across 1 city or region.
The flowers, flower customs and flower places of Albania on Phool. An overview of the country's plant life has not been written yet.
Cities and regions of Albania
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
A large flowering tree known for its white spring blooms and shiny brown conkers
🇦🇱 Albania and 7 more · Flowering tree
Common peonyPaeonia officinalis
A deep pink or red peony from the mountains of southern Europe
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo
An evergreen Mediterranean tree with white bell flowers and red, strawberry-like fruit
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Flowering tree
Decoration
Nowruzنوروز
Spring New Year festival marked by fire, greenery, and festive gatherings
🇮🇷 Iran and 9 more · Custom, March
Poppy
Bright-petalled flowers grown for gardens, seeds, and remembrance
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Hıdırellez
Spring festival marking the meeting of Hızır and İlyas, celebrated on May 5–6
🇹🇷 Turkey and 8 more · Custom, May
Decoration
Martenitsaмартеница
Red and white yarn tokens worn to greet spring in Bulgaria and nearby countries
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 5 more · Custom, March
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Horse-chestnut: Stephan van Helden, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Strawberry-tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common peony: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nowruz: Katzenfee50, CC0, source
- Poppy: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Hıdırellez: Правительство Республики Крым, CC BY 4.0, source
- Martenitsa: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source