🇳🇵 The flowers of Nepal
40 pages from Nepal: its flowers, the things made with them and the places to see them, across 3 cities and regions.
The flowers, flower customs and flower places of Nepal on Phool. An overview of the country's plant life has not been written yet.
Flower experiences in Nepal
🇳🇵 Kathmandu · Oct to NovTihar garland markets of KathmanduFor the five days of Tihar, the old bazaars of Kathmandu are hung with marigold and amaranth garlands.
🇳🇵 Pokhara · Mar to AprGhorepani rhododendron forest trekA short Annapurna trek through forests of Nepal's national flower, the red tree rhododendron.Cities and regions of Nepal
Rhododendron
A vast group of shrubs and trees with showy blooms in many colours
🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 more · Wildflower
Hydrangea
Flowering shrubs with large heads that change color with soil pH
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Meconopsis grandis
A blue-flowered poppy from the Himalayas grown for its striking blooms
🇧🇹 Bhutan and 3 more · Wildflower
Kashmir IrisIris kashmiriana
A fragrant iris from the western Himalaya, often planted on graves in Kashmir
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Wildflower
Yellow Himalayan fritillaryFritillaria cirrhosa
A rare Himalayan lily with bell-shaped, checkered flowers and prized medicinal bulbs
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Bergenia
A hardy perennial with large leaves and clusters of pink flowers
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Deutzia
Shrubs with white or pink spring flowers, grown in gardens and parks
🇯🇵 Japan and 4 more · Flowering shrub
Noble dendrobiumDendrobium nobile
A fragrant orchid with waxy blooms from the Himalayas and southern China
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Orchid
Foxtail orchidRhynchostylis retusa
A long, hanging orchid with many pink-spotted white blooms
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Wildflower
Campbell's MagnoliaMagnolia campbellii
A Himalayan tree with large pink or white flowers blooming before the leaves
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Flowering tree
Rhododendron arboreum
A Himalayan rhododendron with clusters of red, pink, or white bell-shaped flowers
🇳🇵 Nepal and 7 more · Wildflower
Wild Himalayan CherryPrunus cerasoides
A cherry tree with pinkish white blossoms from the Himalayas and Southeast Asia
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Flowering tree
Flame of the forestButea monosperma
A tree with vivid orange-red flowers, sacred in Hindu and Buddhist traditions
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree
Crown of thornsEuphorbia milii
A spiny flowering shrub with red, pink, or white bracts, native to Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Wildflower
Red silk-cotton treeBombax ceiba
A tall Asian tree with bright red spring flowers and cottony seed pods
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
Decoration
Vesak
The Buddhist festival marking the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 7 more · Custom, Apr to Jun
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rhododendron: Eiffel, Public domain, source
- Campbell's Magnolia: Mfield , Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Meconopsis grandis: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hydrangea: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kashmir Iris: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yellow Himalayan fritillary: Popolon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crown of thorns: Ezra Katz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vesak: ผู้สร้างสรรค์ผลงาน/ส่งข้อมูลเก็บในคลังข้อมูลเสรีวิกิมีเดียคอมมอนส์ - เ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bergenia: Christian Hummert ( Ixitixel ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Deutzia: Wouter Hagens, Public domain, source
- Foxtail orchid: Andri Suprihardi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Noble dendrobium: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rhododendron arboreum: Marcus334, CC BY 3.0, source
- Wild Himalayan Cherry: Patcharapapats, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flame of the forest: SumaTagadur 05:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Red silk-cotton tree: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Tihar Marigold Garlands: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Ghorepani Rhododendron Trek: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source