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Flowers

Every flower, one page each: what it looks like, where it grows, when it blooms and what it means. 1,243 flowers so far, best known first.

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Persian silk treeAlbizia julibrissin A small tree with pink, silky starburst flowers and fern-like leaves 🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Flowering tree Saucer magnoliaMagnolia × soulangeana A spring-flowering magnolia with large pink, white, or purple blooms 🇫🇷 France and 1 more · Garden flower Houpu MagnoliaMagnolia officinalis A Chinese mountain magnolia valued for its fragrant white flowers and aromatic bark 🇨🇳 China · Flowering tree Sargent's cherryPrunus sargentii A hardy cherry tree with single pink blossoms from Japan, Korea, and nearby regions 🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Flowering tree Banana magnoliaMagnolia figo A fragrant evergreen tree with velvety buds and creamy or purple flowers 🇨🇳 China · Garden flower Dotted hawthornCrataegus punctata A thorny North American hawthorn with pale bark and colourful fruit 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Wildflower Zimbabwe AloeAloe excelsa A tall, single-stemmed aloe from southern Africa with a crown of curved leaves 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe and 4 more · Flowering tree Guettarda speciosa A coastal shrub with fragrant white flowers found on tropical beaches 🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower Impala lilyAdenium multiflorum A winter-flowering succulent tree of southern Africa with a poisonous milky sap Adenium multiflorum · Cactus or succulent Mesua Evergreen shrubs and small trees from tropical southern and southeast Asia 🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Flowering tree Freshwater mangroveBarringtonia acutangula A riverside tree with long drooping white flower clusters 🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 8 more · Flowering tree Sacred garlic pearCrateva religiosa A tropical tree with spidery, nectar-rich flowers 🇲🇲 Myanmar · Wildflower Delonix A genus of tropical trees with claw-shaped petals from Madagascar and East Africa 🇲🇬 Madagascar · Flowering tree Bayur treePterospermum acerifolium A tall Southeast Asian tree with large fragrant white flowers and dinner-plate leaves 🇲🇲 Myanmar and 2 more · Flowering tree MahuaMadhuca longifolia A tropical tree with sweet edible flowers and oil-rich seeds 🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Flowering tree Spanish cherryMimusops elengi A fragrant evergreen tree with cream flowers and edible fruit 🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree Ceylon ironwoodMesua ferrea A slow-growing tree with drooping red leaves and large white scented blooms 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 6 more · Flowering tree HolywoodGuaiacum sanctum A slow-growing Caribbean tree with purplish blue flowers and famously hard wood 🇧🇸 Bahamas and 4 more · Flowering tree Millingtonia hortensis Tall, fragrant-flowered tree known as tree jasmine or Indian cork tree 🇮🇳 India · Flowering tree Rhododendron kesangiaeཏ་ལ A tall rhododendron tree with rose pink flowers, found only in Bhutan 🇧🇹 Bhutan · Wildflower Prunus itosakura糸桜 A long-lived wild cherry of Japan with clouds of pale flowers before the leaves 🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Wildflower Kousa dogwoodCornus kousa A small East Asian tree with showy white bracts and sweet red berries 🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Flowering tree Japanese snowbellStyrax japonicus A small tree with hanging white bell flowers from East Asia 🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Flowering tree Millettia A group of shrubs, climbers, and trees from tropical forests of Africa and Asia Millettia · Wildflower Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo An evergreen Mediterranean tree with white bell flowers and red, strawberry-like fruit 🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Flowering tree Brugmansia Tropical South American shrub with large, trumpet-shaped, fragrant flowers Brugmansia · Garden flower Tecoma Shrubs or small trees with trumpet-shaped flowers from the Americas 🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Flowering shrub Geiger treeCordia sebestena A tropical tree with bright orange-red flowers and rough, dark green leaves 🇨🇺 Cuba and 3 more · Flowering tree Pride of IndiaLagerstroemia speciosa A tree with showy pink to purple flowers, grown across South and Southeast Asia 🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering tree Illawarra flame treeBrachychiton acerifolius A tall Australian tree with bright red bell-shaped flowers 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree Princess treePaulownia tomentosa A fast-growing tree with large violet-blue flowers and broad leaves 🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree KadambaNeolamarckia cadamba A tropical tree with fragrant orange globe-shaped flowers from South and Southeast Asia 🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree Crape myrtleLagerstroemia indica A summer-flowering tree with crinkled blooms in white, pink, purple or red 🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree PōhutukawaMetrosideros excelsa A coastal tree from New Zealand with vivid red summer flowers 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flowering tree Hong Kong orchid treeBauhinia × blakeana A purple-flowered tree, emblem of Hong Kong, grown for its showy blooms 🇭🇰 Hong Kong and 1 more · Flowering tree African tulip treeSpathodea A tropical African tree with large, fiery orange-red flowers 🇦🇴 Angola and 4 more · Flowering tree Golden trumpet treeHandroanthus chrysotrichus A Brazilian tree with golden-yellow trumpet-shaped spring flowers 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 more · Flowering tree Yellow Flame TreePeltophorum pterocarpum A tall tree with masses of golden yellow summer flowers 🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree ApricotPrunus armeniaca A spring-flowering fruit tree with white or pink blossoms and orange-yellow fruit 🇦🇲 Armenia and 7 more · Flowering tree Flowering dogwoodCornus florida A small tree with white, pink, or red bracts, native to eastern North America 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flowering tree Golden trumpet treeHandroanthus albus A yellow-flowered tree and national plant of Brazil 🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 more · Flowering tree Pink trumpet treeHandroanthus impetiginosus A tall South American tree with pink trumpet-shaped flowers 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 4 more · Flowering tree Prunus 'Kanzan'Prunus ‘Kanzan’ A Japanese cherry tree with large, deep pink double blossoms 🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Flowering tree Purple glory treePleroma granulosum A tropical tree with purple flowers from Brazil and Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 more · Flowering tree AmherstiaAmherstia nobilis A rare tropical tree with large crimson flowers, once wild in Myanmar and Thailand 🇲🇲 Myanmar and 1 more · Flowering tree Tipuana A tall South American tree with bright yellow summer flowers Tipuana · Flowering tree Cherry blossomPrunus subgenus Cerasus The spring-blooming flower of ornamental cherry trees, central to Japan’s hanami custom 🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Flowering tree Chilean firebushEmbothrium coccineum A small evergreen tree with vivid red spring flowers from Chile and Argentina 🇨🇱 Chile and 2 more · Flowering tree
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