Flowers of Europe
Tulip fields, lavender, roses, alpine meadows, flower carpets and the great garden shows. 389 pages on Phool so far.
🇫🇷 France 153🇮🇹 Italy 124🇬🇧 United Kingdom 102🇪🇸 Spain 99🇩🇪 Germany 86🇮🇪 Ireland 63🇬🇷 Greece 58🇵🇹 Portugal 55🇳🇱 Netherlands 43🇦🇹 Austria 38🇧🇬 Bulgaria 38🇸🇪 Sweden 34🇷🇴 Romania 30🇵🇱 Poland 26🇨🇭 Switzerland 25🇺🇦 Ukraine 25🇫🇮 Finland 23🇳🇴 Norway 20🇷🇸 Serbia 19🇦🇱 Albania 18🇧🇪 Belgium 18🇭🇷 Croatia 16🇭🇺 Hungary 16🇸🇮 Slovenia 16🇱🇹 Lithuania 11🇮🇸 Iceland 10🇱🇻 Latvia 10🇲🇹 Malta 10🇪🇪 Estonia 9🇨🇿 Czech Republic 8🇲🇰 North Macedonia 8🇸🇰 Slovakia 7🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6🇧🇾 Belarus 5🇲🇩 Moldova 4🇲🇪 Montenegro 4🇽🇰 Kosovo 2🇲🇨 Monaco 2🇦🇩 Andorra 1
TulipTulipa
Spring-blooming bulbs with showy, cup-shaped flowers in many colours
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Wildflower
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
A fragrant evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Flowering shrub
Wild cherryPrunus avium
A tall flowering tree native to Europe, grown for its sweet fruit and spring blossom
🇮🇹 Italy and 6 more · Flowering tree
Narcissus
Spring-flowering bulbs with trumpet-shaped blooms in white, yellow, and orange
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
HawthornCrataegus
A thorny shrub or tree with white or pink spring flowers and small edible fruits
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
A woodland plant with sweet-scented white bell flowers in late spring
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 more · Wildflower
Place
AlhambraLa Alhambra
Medieval palace and fortress complex overlooking Granada, Spain
Granada, 🇪🇸 Spain · Flower garden
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
A spiny shrub with white spring flowers and tart blue-black fruit
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Wild GarlicAllium ursinum
A wild woodland plant with star-shaped white flowers and edible leaves
🇮🇪 Ireland · Wildflower
Dog roseRosa canina
A wild climbing rose with pale pink flowers and bright red hips
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
Helianthus
Tall North American plants with large, bright flower heads called sunflowers
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 more · Wildflower
Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
A towering oak tree with stalked acorns, native to Europe and western Asia
🇷🇸 Serbia and 8 more · Flowering tree
Bay laurelLaurus nobilis
Evergreen tree with aromatic leaves used as bay leaf in cooking
🇬🇷 Greece and 9 more · Flowering tree
ElderSambucus nigra
A tall shrub or small tree with clusters of white flowers and dark berries
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Wildflower
BorageBorago officinalis
A bristly blue-flowered herb from the Mediterranean, used in food and oil
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Herb or useful flower
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Wildflower
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Tall, sweet-scented wildflower with pale pink blooms and a long history in herbal lore
🇮🇸 Iceland and 8 more · Wildflower
Common IvyHedera helix
An evergreen climbing vine with lobed leaves and nectar-rich autumn flowers
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
A large flowering tree known for its white spring blooms and shiny brown conkers
🇦🇱 Albania and 7 more · Flowering tree
Viburnum
Shrubs and small trees with showy flower clusters and colourful berries
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 3 more · Wildflower
EdelweissLeontopodium nivale
A woolly white star-shaped flower of the European mountains
🇦🇹 Austria and 5 more · Wildflower
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus
A golden berry of northern bogs and tundra, picked wild for food and drink
🇳🇴 Norway and 7 more · Wildflower
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
A floating white flower of ponds and lakes across Europe and Asia
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Wildflower
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Tall spikes of bell-shaped, spotted flowers in purple, pink, white or yellow
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 more · Wildflower
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
A tall, fragrant-flowered tree native to much of Europe
🇨🇿 Czech Republic and 6 more · Flowering tree
Common hawthornCrataegus monogyna
A thorny shrub or tree with white spring flowers and red fruit, native to Europe
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 more · Wildflower
Autumn crocusColchicum autumnale
A lilac autumn flower that blooms before its leaves appear
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Wildflower
Place
Columbia Road Flower Market
London’s busy Sunday street market for fresh flowers and plants
London, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower market
Place
Sezincote House
A Neo-Mughal country house and garden in the Cotswolds, England
Gloucestershire, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower garden
Decoration
Enfleurage
A traditional French method for capturing flower fragrance in fat
🇫🇷 France · Flower craft
Place
RHS Garden Rosemoor
A public display garden in north Devon with woodland, roses and themed plantings
Great Torrington, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower garden
Place
RHS Garden Bridgewater
A 154-acre public garden on the former Worsley New Hall estate in Salford, England
Salford, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower garden
Decoration
rose oil
Essential oil distilled from rose petals, prized in perfume and tradition
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 4 more · Flower craft
Decoration
Mărțișor
Red and white string brooches worn for spring in Romania and Moldova
🇷🇴 Romania and 3 more · Custom, March
Place
Hidcote Manor Garden
A famous Arts and Crafts garden of outdoor rooms in Gloucestershire, England
Chipping Campden, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower garden
Place
RHS Garden Wisley
A major English garden with glasshouses, borders and plant trials in Surrey
Wisley, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden
Decoration
Herbarium
A scientific collection of preserved plant specimens for study and reference
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 more · Parade or display
Place
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
London’s world-renowned botanical gardens and plant science centre
Kew, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden
Place
Botanical Garden of the University of ZurichBotanischer Garten der Universität Zürich
A modern botanical garden with tropical and subtropical greenhouses in Zurich
Zurich, 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Botanical garden
Place
Bloom Festival
Ireland’s largest gardening and food show in Phoenix Park, Dublin
Dublin, 🇮🇪 Ireland · Festival or show, June
Decoration
MidsummerMidsommar
Europe’s summer solstice festival with bonfires, flowers and outdoor gatherings
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Custom, June
Decoration
Well dressing
Decorating wells with flower petal pictures in rural England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Carpet or floor pattern
Place
Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
A botanical garden in Tenerife devoted to palms from islands worldwide
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 🇪🇸 Spain · Botanical garden
Place
Balkan Botanic Garden of KroussiaΒαλκανικός Βοτανικός Κήπος Κρουσσίων
A northern Greek garden devoted to native Balkan plants and conservation
Pontokerasia, 🇬🇷 Greece · Botanical garden
Place
Vondelpark
Amsterdam’s 47-hectare city park with gardens, ponds, theatre and statues
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands · Flower garden
Place
Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo
The main botanical garden of the Canary Islands, near Las Palmas on Gran Canaria
Las Palmas, 🇪🇸 Spain · Botanical garden
Place
Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian UniversityOgród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Poland’s oldest botanical garden, in Kraków, with thousands of plant species
Kraków, 🇵🇱 Poland · Botanical garden, Apr to Oct
Place
Kórnik Arboretum
Poland’s oldest and largest collection of trees and shrubs, near Kórnik Castle
Kórnik, 🇵🇱 Poland · Botanical garden
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Well dressing: User:WhaleyTim, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Midsummer: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bloom Festival: Smirkybec, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Herbarium: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- rose oil: Itineranttrader, Public domain, source
- Vondelpark: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0, source
- Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- RHS Garden Wisley: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hidcote Manor Garden: VashiDonsk at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- RHS Garden Bridgewater: Amanda Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- RHS Garden Rosemoor: Patche99z, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sezincote House: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Columbia Road Flower Market: SunDawn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia: Nikthymakis, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Noemi M.M., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University: Iwona Grabska, CC BY 2.5, source
- Kórnik Arboretum: Nostrix, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bay laurel: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, source
- Helianthus: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wild cherry: MPF, CC BY 2.5, source
- Leontopodium: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Common Valerian: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Elder: Willow, CC BY 2.5, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulip: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lily-of-the-valley: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rosemary: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Blackthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hawthorn: Nadiatalent, Public domain, source
- Wild Garlic: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dog rose: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Borage: Jengod, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pedunculate oak: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Narcissus: Uberprutser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Alhambra: Jebulon, CC0, source
- Horse-chestnut: Stephan van Helden, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common Ivy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Viburnum: Wouter Hagens, Public domain, source
- White Water-lily: DerHexer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cloudberry: Philipum, Public domain, source
- Foxglove: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common hawthorn: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Small-leaved Lime: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Autumn crocus: Stemonitis, Public domain, source