Flowers of Europe

Tulip fields, lavender, roses, alpine meadows, flower carpets and the great garden shows. 389 pages on Phool so far.

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Common rhododendronRhododendron ponticum A dense evergreen shrub with violet-purple flowers from Europe and the Caucasus 🇵🇹 Portugal and 6 more · Flowering shrub

Place Giardino Botanico Fondazione André Heller A hillside botanical garden above Lake Garda with plants and modern sculpture Gardone Riviera, 🇮🇹 Italy · Botanical garden

Place Domaine du Rayol A botanical garden by the sea in southern France with plants from five continents Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden

Leontopodium A group of woolly alpine flowers, including the well-known edelweiss 🇦🇹 Austria · Wildflower

Place Hryshko National Botanical GardenНаціональний ботанічний сад імені М.М. Гришка Kyiv’s largest botanical garden, with 13,000 plant types from around the world Kyiv, 🇺🇦 Ukraine · Botanical garden

Place Lautaret Alpine Garden A high-altitude garden of alpine plants in the French Alps Villar-d'Arêne, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden

Place Rose garden A public garden devoted to growing and displaying many kinds of roses L'Haÿ-les-Roses, 🇫🇷 France · Flower garden

Decoration Nice CarnivalCarnaval de Nice A vibrant February carnival with floats and flower parades in Nice, France 🇫🇷 France · Parade or display, Feb to Mar

Decoration Flora Danica A botanical atlas that inspired a famous porcelain dinner set 🇳🇴 Norway and 3 more · Art or design

Sweet-amberHypericum androsaemum A small shrub with yellow flowers and berries that ripen from red to black 🇵🇹 Portugal and 7 more · Flowering shrub

French lavenderLavandula stoechas A Mediterranean lavender with purple bracts atop its flower spikes 🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Wildflower

Place Parc floral de Paris A botanical garden and flower park in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris Paris, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden

Place Geneva Botanic GardenJardin Botanique de Genève Geneva’s 28-hectare garden with global plant collections and major scientific archives Geneva, 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Botanical garden

Place Jardin botanique exotique de Menton A Mediterranean garden in Menton with rare and exotic plants from around the world Menton, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden

Place Botanical Garden of BrusselsJardin botanique de Bruxelles / Kruidtuin van Brussel A historic city garden and cultural centre in central Brussels Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium · Botanical garden

Place Madeira Botanical GardenJardim Botânico da Madeira A hillside botanical garden in Funchal, Madeira, with themed plant collections and a bird park Funchal, 🇵🇹 Portugal · Botanical garden

Place Gothenburg Botanical GardenGöteborgs botaniska trädgård A vast botanical garden and nature reserve in Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg, 🇸🇪 Sweden · Botanical garden

Place Orto Botanico di Brera A historic botanical garden in the heart of Milan Milan, 🇮🇹 Italy · Botanical garden

Place Botanical Conservatory of BrestMirva broadel louzawouriezh Brest A 32-hectare garden in Brittany focused on rare and endangered plants Brest, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden

Place Jardí Botànic de Barcelona A botanical garden on Montjuïc hill with plants from Mediterranean climates worldwide Barcelona, 🇪🇸 Spain · Botanical garden

Place Trsteno Arboretum A centuries-old Mediterranean arboretum near Dubrovnik, Croatia Trsteno, 🇭🇷 Croatia · Botanical garden

Place TrebahLowarth Treverybow A 26-acre sub-tropical garden above the Helford River in Cornwall Mawnan, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden

Place Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna A historic university botanical garden in Bologna, Italy Bologna, 🇮🇹 Italy · Botanical garden

Place Meise Botanic GardenPlantentuin Meise; Jardin botanique de Meise A vast botanical garden on the grounds of Bouchout Castle near Brussels Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium · Botanical garden

Leucojum White-flowered bulbs of damp meadows and shady gardens 🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower

Place Arboretum Kalmthout A public botanical garden with rare trees and shrubs in Kalmthout, Belgium Kalmthout, 🇧🇪 Belgium · Botanical garden

Place RHS Garden Hyde Hall A 360-acre public display garden in Essex run by the Royal Horticultural Society Chelmsford, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden

Place Sheffield Botanical Gardens A historic 19-acre botanical garden in Sheffield, England Sheffield, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden

Early Purple OrchidOrchis mascula A wild orchid with purple flowers found across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East 🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Wildflower

Place SaultSaut A rural village in Provence known for its summer lavender fields Sault, 🇫🇷 France · Bloom site, Jun to Sep

Decoration Heraldic rose A stylized five-petaled rose used as a symbol in coats of arms and badges 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Art or design

Common LilacSyringa vulgaris A spring-flowering shrub with fragrant purple or white blooms 🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 more · Garden flower

Mountain arnicaArnica montana A yellow-flowered herb from Europe's uplands, used in herbal traditions 🇫🇷 France and 7 more · Wildflower

Place Castle Howard A grand English country house with historic gardens near York Henderskelfe, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower garden

Place Benmore Botanic Garden A hillside botanical garden with giant sequoias and rare ferns in western Scotland Dunoon, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden

Place Glasgow Botanic Gardens A historic botanical garden with glasshouses in Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden

Wild daffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus A pale yellow spring flower and the national emblem of Wales 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 9 more · Wildflower

Place National Botanic Garden of WalesGardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru A major botanic garden with a vast glasshouse and historic parkland in Carmarthenshire, Wales Llanarthney, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden

Place RHS Garden Harlow Carr A public display and trial garden on the edge of Harrogate, North Yorkshire Harrogate, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower garden

Decoration Italian Renaissance garden A formal garden style from Italy with terraces, fountains, and classical features 🇮🇹 Italy and 1 more · Garden style

Decoration Fleur-de-lis A stylized lily used as a heraldic emblem 🇫🇷 France and 5 more · Custom

Place Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto A large botanical garden by Lake Maggiore in northern Italy 🇮🇹 Italy · Botanical garden

Decoration Bollenstreek Flower Parade A spring flower parade from Noordwijk to Haarlem in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Netherlands · Parade or display, April

Decoration May Day Festival A spring festival with flowers, greenery, maypoles and bonfires on the first of May 🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Custom, May

Decoration May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary Month-long Catholic customs honouring Mary with flowers, altars, and processions 🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Custom, May

Place Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof A public show and trial garden in Weinheim, Germany Weinheim, 🇩🇪 Germany · Botanical garden

Place Volksgarten A historic public park in central Vienna with over 3,000 rose bushes Vienna, 🇦🇹 Austria · Flower garden

Marguerite daisyArgyranthemum frutescens A bushy daisy shrub from the Canary Islands with white, yellow or pink blooms 🇪🇸 Spain and 3 more · Flowering shrub

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source
Bollenstreek Flower Parade: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Nice Carnival: Honeydew, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Fleur-de-lis: Rosa-Maria Rinkl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Heraldic rose: Gliwi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Rose garden: The original uploader was SUJIRENas at Lithuanian Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
National Botanic Garden of Wales: Col Ford and Natasha de Vere, CC BY 2.0, source
Castle Howard: Pwojdacz ( talk ). Original uploader was Pwojdacz at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
Sault: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Parc floral de Paris: Christophe Meneboeuf, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Lautaret Alpine Garden: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Domaine du Rayol: No machine-readable author provided. Jod-let assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Wild daffodil: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mountain arnica: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhlers Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, source
Common Lilac: Nedelin, CC BY 2.5, source
Early Purple Orchid: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Leucojum: fir0002 flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com Canon 20D + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, GFDL 1.2, source
French lavender: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sweet-amber: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Hryshko National Botanical Garden: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Leontopodium: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Common rhododendron: ABesheva, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Giardino Botanico Fondazione André Heller: Argonobi, CC0, source
Flora Danica: Edelseider, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Geneva Botanic Garden: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Jardin botanique exotique de Menton: Parisette, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Botanical Garden of Brussels: No machine-readable author provided. Ben2~commonswiki assumed (based o, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Madeira Botanical Garden: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Gothenburg Botanical Garden: Bulver, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Orto Botanico di Brera: Danielle Jansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Botanical Conservatory of Brest: Loïc Ruellan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Jardí Botànic de Barcelona: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Trsteno Arboretum: Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Trebah: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna: Nicola Quirico, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Meise Botanic Garden: Rudi Devuyst, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Arboretum Kalmthout: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
RHS Garden Hyde Hall: Mrmatiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sheffield Botanical Gardens: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Glasgow Botanic Gardens: No machine-readable author provided. Finlay McWalter assumed (based on, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Benmore Botanic Garden: E96an at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
RHS Garden Harlow Carr: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Italian Renaissance garden: sonietta, CC BY 2.0, source
Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto: Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof: -- Immanuel Giel 12:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source
Volksgarten: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Marguerite daisy: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Flowers of Europe

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