🇳🇵 The flowers of Nepal
50 pages from Nepal: its flowers, the things made with them and the places to see them, across 8 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
Crown of thornsEuphorbia milii
A spiny flowering shrub with red, pink, or white bracts, native to Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Wildflower
Hubei AnemoneEriocapitella hupehensis
A late-summer flowering perennial with purple, pink or white blooms
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Yellow Himalayan fritillaryFritillaria cirrhosa
A rare Himalayan lily with bell-shaped, checkered flowers and prized medicinal bulbs
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Cape jasmineGardenia jasminoides
A glossy-leaved shrub with large, fragrant white flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Crape myrtleLagerstroemia indica
A summer-flowering tree with crinkled blooms in white, pink, purple or red
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
Common jasmineJasminum officinale
A climbing plant with white, fragrant flowers grown in gardens and for perfume
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Garden flower
Multi-flowered AeridesAerides multiflora
A fragrant orchid with many waxy flowers hanging in long sprays
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 6 more · Wildflower
White Himalayan lilyLilium polyphyllum
A rare white or pink lily from the high Himalayas, used in temple offerings
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Wildflower
Lycoris
Bulb flowers of Asia, known for their bright blooms and leafless stems
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
Bauhinia
A tropical tree with butterfly-shaped flowers in vivid colours
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering tree
Globe amaranthGomphrena globosa
A round-flowered annual grown for its lasting, colorful blooms
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tihar: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Rhododendron: Eiffel, Public domain, source
- Hubei Anemone: William Brockelsby, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bauhinia: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Multi-flowered Aerides: William Roxburgh (1751–1815), Public domain, source
- Hydrangea: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yellow Himalayan fritillary: Popolon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crown of thorns: Ezra Katz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lycoris: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Cape jasmine: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crape myrtle: Gabriel Collares, CC BY 4.0, source
- Common jasmine: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Globe amaranth: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Annapurna Conservation Area: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source