Flowers of Asia
Lotus and jasmine, marigold garlands, cherry and plum blossom, orchids, peonies and ikebana. 585 pages on Phool so far.
🇨🇳 China 370🇮🇳 India 236🇯🇵 Japan 200🇮🇷 Iran 77🇲🇲 Myanmar 77🇹🇷 Turkey 76🇷🇺 Russia 74🇹🇭 Thailand 57🇻🇳 Vietnam 51🇮🇩 Indonesia 48🇵🇭 Philippines 48🇳🇵 Nepal 45🇧🇩 Bangladesh 40🇵🇰 Pakistan 39🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 39🇲🇾 Malaysia 35🇹🇼 Taiwan 32🇦🇫 Afghanistan 27🇮🇱 Israel 27🇸🇾 Syria 23🇬🇪 Georgia 21🇲🇳 Mongolia 21🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 20🇱🇦 Laos 20🇧🇹 Bhutan 19🇰🇷 South Korea 19🇰🇭 Cambodia 18🇨🇾 Cyprus 15🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 15🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 14🇮🇶 Iraq 12🇱🇧 Lebanon 12🇸🇬 Singapore 12🇹🇯 Tajikistan 12🇦🇲 Armenia 10🇵🇸 Palestine 9🇭🇰 Hong Kong 7🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 7🇾🇪 Yemen 7🇯🇴 Jordan 6🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 6🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 5🇰🇵 North Korea 4🇲🇻 Maldives 2🇴🇲 Oman 2🇧🇭 Bahrain 1🇧🇳 Brunei 1🇲🇴 Macau 1
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Sim's Park, Coonoor
A century-old botanical garden in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu
Coonoor, 🇮🇳 India · Botanical garden, May
Place
Shalimar Bagh
A Mughal-era garden of terraces, fountains and chinar trees by Dal Lake, Srinagar
Srinagar, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden
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Chashme Shahi
A Mughal garden built around a spring in Srinagar, Kashmir
Srinagar, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden, Mar to Nov
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Yadavindra Gardens
A 17th-century Mughal garden with seven terraces in Pinjore, Haryana
Panchkula, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden, Apr to Dec
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Achabal Gardens
A historic Mughal garden with springs and a waterfall in Achabal, Jammu and Kashmir
Achabal, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden
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Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute
A major botanical garden and research centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, 🇮🇳 India · Botanical garden
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Ward's LakeNan Polok
A man-made lake and garden in the heart of Shillong, Meghalaya
Shillong, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden
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Deosai National Parkدیوسائی نیشنل پارک
A vast alpine plateau in northern Pakistan, famed for wildflowers and wildlife
Astore, 🇵🇰 Pakistan · Bloom site
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Baldha Gardenবলধা গার্ডেন
A historic botanical garden in Old Dhaka with hundreds of plant species
Dhaka, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Botanical garden
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Rikugi-en六義園
An Edo-period landscape garden with pond, hill, and seasonal displays in Tokyo
Bunkyō, 🇯🇵 Japan · Flower garden
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Tsuruma Park鶴舞公園
Nagoya’s city park known for cherry blossoms and a historic fountain tower
Nagoya, 🇯🇵 Japan · Flower garden
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Huis Ten Boschハウステンボス
A Dutch-themed park with canals, windmills, and seasonal flower gardens in Nagasaki, Japan
Sasebo, 🇯🇵 Japan · Flower garden
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Garden of Morning Calm아침고요수목원
A large Korean garden with themed sections and seasonal festivals
Gapyeong, 🇰🇷 South Korea · Flower garden
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Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands箱根湿生花園
A garden of wetland and alpine plants in Hakone, Japan
Hakone, 🇯🇵 Japan · Botanical garden
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Hallim Park한림공원
A large botanical park with lava caves and themed gardens on Jeju Island
Hallim, 🇰🇷 South Korea · Botanical garden
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Yuyuantan Park玉渊潭公园
A large Beijing park famous for its cherry blossom in spring
Beijing, 🇨🇳 China · Flower garden
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China National Botanical Garden国家植物园
A vast botanical garden in Beijing with research, rare plants, and public displays
Beijing, 🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
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Phu Hin Rong Kla National Parkอุทยานแห่งชาติภูหินร่องกล้า
A cool, mountainous national park in northern Thailand with forests and waterfalls
Loei, 🇹🇭 Thailand · Bloom site
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West Lake西湖
The historic lakeside landscape at the heart of Hangzhou, China
Hangzhou, 🇨🇳 China · Flower garden
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Kunming Botanical Garden
A major botanical garden and plant research centre in Kunming, Yunnan, China
Kunming, 🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
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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
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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
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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
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Lushan Botanical Garden庐山植物园
A large botanical garden on Mount Lu, known for its gymnosperm collection
Jiujiang, 🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
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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
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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
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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
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Penang Botanic GardensTaman Kebun Bunga
A historic botanical garden at the foot of Penang’s waterfall in George Town
George Town, 🇲🇾 Malaysia · Botanical garden
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Da LatĐà Lạt
Vietnam’s highland city famous for flowers, cool climate, and French villas
Central Highlands, 🇻🇳 Vietnam · Flower garden
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Cibodas Botanical GardenKebun Raya Cibodas
A highland botanical garden on the slopes of Mount Gede in West Java, Indonesia
West Java, 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Botanical garden
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La Trinidad
The valley town in Benguet known for strawberries and cut flowers
Bahong, 🇵🇭 Philippines · Bloom site
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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
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Jerusalem Botanical Gardensהגן הבוטני האוניברסיטאי ירושלים
A 30-acre garden in Jerusalem with plants from six continents
Jerusalem, 🇮🇱 Israel · Botanical garden
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Atatürk Arboretum
A large arboretum and research garden in Istanbul's Bahçeköy district
Sarıyer, 🇹🇷 Turkey · Botanical garden
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Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden
Asia’s largest tulip garden on the slopes above Dal Lake in Srinagar
Srinagar, 🇮🇳 India · Flower garden, Mar to Apr
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Putrajaya Botanical GardenTaman Botani Putrajaya
A large botanical garden in the heart of Putrajaya, Malaysia
Putrajaya, 🇲🇾 Malaysia · Botanical garden
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Shinjuku Gyoen新宿御苑
A vast public garden in central Tokyo known for cherry blossoms and mixed garden styles
Shibuya, 🇯🇵 Japan · Flower garden, Mar to Nov
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Bagh-e-Jinnahباغِ جناح
A historic botanical garden and park in central Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore, 🇵🇰 Pakistan · Botanical garden
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Makino Botanical Garden高知県立牧野植物園
A botanical garden and museum in Kōchi, Japan, honouring Tomitaro Makino
Kōchi, 🇯🇵 Japan · Botanical garden
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Purwodadi Botanical Garden
A large botanical garden and plant research centre in East Java, Indonesia
Purwodadi, 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Botanical garden
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Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Gardenสวนนงนุชพัทยา
A vast tropical garden and plant collection near Pattaya, Thailand
Pattaya, 🇹🇭 Thailand · Botanical garden
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Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
Thailand’s largest botanical garden with year-round displays and orchid breeding
Chiang Mai, 🇹🇭 Thailand · Botanical garden
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Agri-Horticultural Society of India
Kolkata’s historic garden and centre for plant lovers
Kolkata, 🇮🇳 India · Botanical garden
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National Botanical Garden of Iranباغ گیاهشناسی ملی ایران
A 150-hectare botanical garden and plant research center in Tehran
🇮🇷 Iran · Botanical garden
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Hangzhou Botanical Garden杭州植物园
A public botanical garden in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Hangzhou, 🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园
A major tropical botanical garden and research centre in southern Yunnan, China
Kunming, 🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
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Government Rose Garden
A hillside rose garden in Ooty with thousands of rose varieties
Ooty, 🇮🇳 India · Botanical garden
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South China National Botanical Garden华南国家植物园
A major botanical garden in Guangzhou with diverse plant collections and research focus
Guangzhou, 🇨🇳 China · Botanical garden
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- 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
- Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute: No machine-readable author provided. Shyamal assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY 2.5, source
- Ward's Lake: ANKAN, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Deosai National Park: Qammer Wazir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Baldha Garden: Muntasir du, Public domain, source
- Rikugi-en: 京浜にけ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tsuruma Park: Bariston, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Huis Ten Bosch: JKT-c, CC BY 3.0, source
- Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Garden of Morning Calm: 날개 at Korean Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hallim Park: Grapesurgeon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yuyuantan Park: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- China National Botanical Garden: Daderot, Public domain, 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
- Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden: Kevin.abraham335, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Putrajaya Botanical Garden: Gula Kapas, CC BY 3.0, source
- Shinjuku Gyoen: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bagh-e-Jinnah: Amnagondal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Makino Botanical Garden: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Purwodadi Botanical Garden: Pinerineks, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden: User:Amada44, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Agri-Horticultural Society of India: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- National Botanical Garden of Iran: Sajjad Tolouei, CC BY 4.0, source
- Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Government Rose Garden: Challiyan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- South China National Botanical Garden: Nrya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source