Flowers of Asia
Lotus and jasmine, marigold garlands, cherry and plum blossom, orchids, peonies and ikebana. 585 pages on Phool so far.
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FireweedChamaenerion angustifolium
A tall pink wildflower that quickly covers burned or disturbed ground
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Place
Achabal Gardens
A historic Mughal garden with springs and a waterfall in Achabal, Jammu and Kashmir
Achabal, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden
Place
Yadavindra Gardens
A 17th-century Mughal garden with seven terraces in Pinjore, Haryana
Panchkula, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden, Apr to Dec
Decoration
International Women's Day
A global day on 8 March celebrating women’s rights and equality
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Custom, March
Place
Chashme Shahi
A Mughal garden built around a spring in Srinagar, Kashmir
Srinagar, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden, Mar to Nov
Place
La Trinidad
The valley town in Benguet known for strawberries and cut flowers
Bahong, 🇵🇭 Philippines · Bloom site
Place
Cibodas Botanical GardenKebun Raya Cibodas
A highland botanical garden on the slopes of Mount Gede in West Java, Indonesia
West Java, 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Botanical garden
Place
Shalimar Bagh
A Mughal-era garden of terraces, fountains and chinar trees by Dal Lake, Srinagar
Srinagar, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden
Place
National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardensကန်တော်ကြီး အမျိုးသား ရုက္ခဗေဒ ဥယျာဉ်
A large botanical garden in the hill town of Pyin U Lwin, Myanmar
Mandalay, 🇲🇲 Myanmar · Botanical garden, December
Place
Jerusalem Botanical Gardensהגן הבוטני האוניברסיטאי ירושלים
A 30-acre garden in Jerusalem with plants from six continents
Jerusalem, 🇮🇱 Israel · Botanical garden
Place
Atatürk Arboretum
A large arboretum and research garden in Istanbul's Bahçeköy district
Sarıyer, 🇹🇷 Turkey · Botanical garden
Decoration
Company styleकम्पनी कलम
Indian miniature paintings for colonial patrons, blending Mughal and Western styles
🇮🇳 India · Art or design
Decoration
Korean garden
A natural garden style shaped by rocks, ponds, and harmony with the land
🇰🇷 South Korea and 5 more · Garden style
ChampakMagnolia champaca
A tall tree with fragrant yellow to orange flowers, prized in South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Flowering tree
Decoration
Varamalaवरमाला
A flower garland exchanged by bride and groom in Hindu weddings
🇮🇳 India · Garland or wreath
Place
Da LatĐà Lạt
Vietnam’s highland city famous for flowers, cool climate, and French villas
Central Highlands, 🇻🇳 Vietnam · Flower garden
Place
Penang Botanic GardensTaman Kebun Bunga
A historic botanical garden at the foot of Penang’s waterfall in George Town
George Town, 🇲🇾 Malaysia · Botanical garden
Place
Sim's Park, Coonoor
A century-old botanical garden in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu
Coonoor, 🇮🇳 India · Botanical garden, May
Place
Yangmingshan National Park陽明山國家公園
Taipei’s volcanic park with cherry blossoms, hot springs, and hiking trails
Taipei, 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Flower garden
Place
Taipei Botanical Garden臺北植物園
A historic garden in Taipei with over 2,000 plant species and heritage buildings
Taipei, 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Botanical garden
Decoration
Gosekku五節句
Five seasonal festivals once held at the Japanese imperial court
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom
Decoration
Butaبوته
A curved floral motif found in Persian, Indian, and Central Asian art and textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 more · Art or design
Place
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens香港動植物公園
A historic garden and zoo in Central, Hong Kong with themed plant collections
🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
Place
Lushan Botanical Garden庐山植物园
A large botanical garden on Mount Lu, known for its gymnosperm collection
Jiujiang, 🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
SaffronCrocus sativus
The crimson threads of an autumn crocus, dried for colour, flavour and scent
🇮🇷 Iran and 6 more · Bulb flower
Place
Potatso National Park普达措国家公园
A highland park of lakes, forests, and rare plants near Shangri-La, Yunnan
Shangri-La, 🇨🇳 China · Bloom site
Place
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefectureئىلى قازاق ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى
A vast, multi-ethnic region in northern Xinjiang, China, known for its grasslands and borderlands
Khorgas, 🇨🇳 China · Bloom site
Prunus mume
The fragrant plum blossom tree that blooms in winter across East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Flowering tree
Decoration
Paisleyبته
A curved teardrop motif from Iran and India, now used worldwide on textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 8 more · Art or design
Decoration
Garland
A string or braid of flowers, leaves, or other materials for decoration or ceremony
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Garland or wreath
Decoration
Tokonoma床の間
A Japanese alcove for displaying scrolls and flower arrangements
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
Place
Luoping County罗平县
A county in Yunnan, China, famous for its golden canola fields in spring
Luoping, 🇨🇳 China · Bloom site, Mar to Jun
Place
Kunming Botanical Garden
A major botanical garden and plant research centre in Kunming, Yunnan, China
Kunming, 🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
Decoration
Tiharतिहार
Nepal’s five-day festival of lights, flowers, animals, and sibling bonds
🇳🇵 Nepal and 3 more · Custom, Oct to Nov
Place
West Lake西湖
The historic lakeside landscape at the heart of Hangzhou, China
Hangzhou, 🇨🇳 China · Flower garden
Balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus
A perennial with balloon-shaped buds and bell-like blue or white flowers
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Star jasmineJasminum multiflorum
A white, scentless jasmine used in Indian weddings and worship
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Wildflower
Place
Phu Hin Rong Kla National Parkอุทยานแห่งชาติภูหินร่องกล้า
A cool, mountainous national park in northern Thailand with forests and waterfalls
Loei, 🇹🇭 Thailand · Bloom site
Decoration
Mughal garden
A formal garden style of pools, canals, and symmetry from the Mughal era
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Garden style
Decoration
Ashtamangalaअष्टमङ्गल
A sacred set of eight auspicious symbols in Indian religions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Art or design
Pinwheel flowerTabernaemontana divaricata
A fragrant white-flowered shrub native to South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Blue orchidVanda coerulea
A rare orchid with long-lasting bluish purple flowers from Northeast India and Yunnan
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Orchid
Woodfordia fruticosadhavdi
A flowering shrub found from Africa to South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Wildflower
Philippine violetBarleria cristata
A small shrub with violet, pink, or white funnel-shaped flowers
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Flowering shrub
Meconopsis grandis
A blue-flowered poppy from the Himalayas grown for its striking blooms
🇧🇹 Bhutan and 3 more · Wildflower
Osbeckia octandraහීන් බෝවිටියා
A pinkish-purple wildflower native to Sri Lanka, used in traditional medicine
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 1 more · Wildflower
Leopard plantFarfugium japonicum
A shade-loving perennial with bold leaves and yellow autumn flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Lilium speciosum
A late-summer lily with fragrant white to pink flowers from East Asia
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tokonoma: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Garland: No machine-readable author provided. Piotrus assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Varamala: Sumita Roy Dutta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ashtamangala: Redtigerxyz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paisley: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Buta: Thomas Watier, Public domain, source
- Korean garden: DinkY2K at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- International Women's Day: Karl Maria Stadler (1888 – nach 1943), Public domain, source
- Mughal garden: Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tihar: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Prunus mume: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saffron: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gosekku: Kakizaki Hakyo, Public domain, source
- Sim's Park, Coonoor: Thangaraj Kumaravel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shalimar Bagh: ANSAR AHMAD, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yadavindra Gardens: Giridhar Appaji Nag Y, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chashme Shahi: Amitraina at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Achabal Gardens: Shaurya, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kunming Botanical Garden: Daderot, Public domain, source
- West Lake: Louisa Salazar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Luoping County: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture: lwtt93, CC BY 2.0, source
- Potatso National Park: Asaikana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lushan Botanical Garden: 清水五月, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens: No machine-readable author provided. NBG626 assumed (based on copyrigh, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Taipei Botanical Garden: Meiguoren, CC0, source
- Yangmingshan National Park: H8010110, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Penang Botanic Gardens: Dr htgoon, CC0, source
- Da Lat: Roy Kim, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cibodas Botanical Garden: Sakurai Midori, CC BY 2.5, source
- La Trinidad: Irvin Parco Sto. Tomas, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens: Mydaydream89, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jerusalem Botanical Gardens: Adiel lo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Atatürk Arboretum: CeeGee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Company style: thesandiegomuseumofartcollection, Public domain, source
- Champak: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain, source
- Fireweed: Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland 08:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Star jasmine: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Balloon flower: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pinwheel flower: SKsiddhartthan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Woodfordia fruticosa: Hooker, William; Salisbury, R. A.; Shury, D. N., Public domain, source
- Blue orchid: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Philippine violet: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Meconopsis grandis: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Osbeckia octandra: Anuragl19, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leopard plant: Miya, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilium speciosum: ‘Uncle Carl’ (カールおじさん)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source