🇮🇪 The flowers of Ireland
46 pages from Ireland: its flowers, the things made with them and the places to see them, across 16 cities and regions.
The flowers, flower customs and flower places of Ireland on Phool. An overview of the country's plant life has not been written yet.
Common flaxLinum usitatissimum
The slender blue-flowered plant grown for linen and linseed
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
HawthornCrataegus
A thorny shrub or tree with white or pink spring flowers and small edible fruits
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
A woodland plant with sweet-scented white bell flowers in late spring
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 more · Wildflower
RapeseedBrassica napus
A yellow-flowered crop grown for its oil-rich seeds and protein meal
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
A spiny shrub with white spring flowers and tart blue-black fruit
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Dog roseRosa canina
A wild climbing rose with pale pink flowers and bright red hips
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
Wild GarlicAllium ursinum
A wild woodland plant with star-shaped white flowers and edible leaves
🇮🇪 Ireland · Wildflower
Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
A towering oak tree with stalked acorns, native to Europe and western Asia
🇷🇸 Serbia and 8 more · Flowering tree
BorageBorago officinalis
A bristly blue-flowered herb from the Mediterranean, used in food and oil
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Herb or useful flower
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Wildflower
Common IvyHedera helix
An evergreen climbing vine with lobed leaves and nectar-rich autumn flowers
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
A large flowering tree known for its white spring blooms and shiny brown conkers
🇦🇱 Albania and 7 more · Flowering tree
Common hawthornCrataegus monogyna
A thorny shrub or tree with white spring flowers and red fruit, native to Europe
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 more · Wildflower
Autumn crocusColchicum autumnale
A lilac autumn flower that blooms before its leaves appear
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Corn dolly
Straw figures shaped for harvest customs across Europe
🇮🇪 Ireland and 3 more · Flower craft
Common spotted orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
A wild orchid with spotted leaves and pale purple flowers across Europe and Asia
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Wildflower
Bee orchidOphrys apifera
A wild orchid with flowers that mimic the look and scent of a female bee
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Common bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
A yellow pea-flowered wild plant found in grasslands and fields
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Purple mountain saxifrageSaxifraga oppositifolia
A mat-forming purple flower of Arctic and high mountain regions
🇨🇦 Canada and 4 more · Wildflower
Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatum
A white, star-shaped spring flower that opens late in the day
🇫🇷 France and 7 more · Wildflower
Bells of IrelandMoluccella laevis
Tall green spikes with bell-shaped calyces, grown for fresh and dried arrangements
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 more · Garden flower
Sea-hollyEryngium maritimum
A spiny, blue-grey perennial of European and Mediterranean coasts
🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Wildflower
Sea CampionSilene uniflora
A mat-forming white-flowered plant of Atlantic and Baltic coasts
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Sea kaleCrambe maritima
Salt-loving coastal plant with edible white-flowered shoots
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Shamrockseamróg
Ireland’s three-leaf clover symbol, worn on St. Patrick’s Day
🇮🇪 Ireland · Wildflower
Daboecia
Evergreen heath shrubs with urn-shaped flowers from Atlantic Europe
🇮🇪 Ireland and 3 more · Wildflower
Eightpetal mountain-avensDryas octopetala
A low evergreen with creamy white eight-petalled flowers of Arctic and alpine regions
🇮🇸 Iceland and 2 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
Remembrance poppy
An artificial red poppy worn to honour those lost in war
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
Purple pitcher plantSarracenia purpurea
A hardy carnivorous plant with tubular purple-green leaves that trap insects
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower
Decoration
White poppy
A peace symbol worn for Remembrance Day and Anzac Day
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
Saxifraga
Small alpine and meadow plants known for their star-shaped flowers
🇨🇦 Canada and 4 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Mothering Sunday
A British day for honouring mothers and the mother church, marked with violets and cake
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 more · Custom, Mar to Apr
Hardy fuchsiaFuchsia magellanica
A South American shrub with drooping red and purple flowers
🇦🇷 Argentina and 5 more · Flowering shrub
Shrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa
A hardy yellow-flowered shrub found in cool northern regions
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Decoration
BeltaneBealtaine / Là Bealltainn / Boaltinn
The Gaelic May Day festival with bonfires and yellow flower decorations
🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 more · Custom, May
Decoration
May Day Festival
A spring festival with flowers, greenery, maypoles and bonfires on the first of May
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Custom, May
Decoration
May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Month-long Catholic customs honouring Mary with flowers, altars, and processions
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Custom, May
Common rhododendronRhododendron ponticum
A dense evergreen shrub with violet-purple flowers from Europe and the Caucasus
🇵🇹 Portugal and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Place
Altamont House
A historic Irish country house with renowned Robinsonian-style gardens
County Carlow, 🇮🇪 Ireland · Flower garden
Asian skunk cabbageLysichiton camtschatcensis
A white-flowered wetland plant from northern Japan and the Russian Far East
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Wildflower
Cuckoo flowerCardamine pratensis
A pale pink wildflower of damp meadows and stream banks
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Wildflower
Orange lilyLilium bulbiferum
A bright orange European lily with spotted flowers and stem bulbils
🇪🇸 Spain and 3 more · Wildflower
Red campionSilene dioica
A wild pink-red flower of woods and roadsides in northern and central Europe
🇮🇪 Ireland and 4 more · Wildflower
Common dog-violetViola riviniana
A low-growing violet-flowered perennial of woods and grasslands in Eurasia and Africa
🇮🇪 Ireland · Wildflower
BroomCytisus scoparius
A yellow-flowered shrub found wild and grown in gardens, now invasive in many regions
🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Corn dolly: Renata ( talk ), Public domain, source
- May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source
- Beltane: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common flax: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common rhododendron: ABesheva, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Red campion: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Star-of-Bethlehem: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sea kale: Charlesdrakew, Public domain, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lily-of-the-valley: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Blackthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hawthorn: Nadiatalent, Public domain, source
- Wild Garlic: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dog rose: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Borage: Jengod, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pedunculate oak: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rapeseed: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Horse-chestnut: Stephan van Helden, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common Ivy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common hawthorn: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Autumn crocus: Stemonitis, Public domain, source
- Altamont House: Anna Maria 4574, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Asian skunk cabbage: MathieuMD, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cuckoo flower: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common dog-violet: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:22, 7 July 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Broom: Willow, CC BY 2.5, source
- Common spotted orchid: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bee orchid: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common bird's-foot trefoil: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Purple mountain saxifrage: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sea-holly: Radomil ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sea Campion: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shamrock: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Daboecia: -Merce-, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Eightpetal mountain-avens: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Strawberry-tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hardy fuchsia: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shrubby Cinquefoil: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orange lily: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Remembrance poppy: Heatherannej, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Purple pitcher plant: (c) Alex Karasoulos, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, source
- White poppy: Nankai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saxifraga: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mothering Sunday: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, source