Flowers of Europe
Tulip fields, lavender, roses, alpine meadows, flower carpets and the great garden shows. 347 pages on Phool so far.
🇫🇷 France 130🇮🇹 Italy 101🇬🇧 United Kingdom 93🇪🇸 Spain 88🇩🇪 Germany 71🇮🇪 Ireland 56🇬🇷 Greece 50🇵🇹 Portugal 47🇳🇱 Netherlands 36🇧🇬 Bulgaria 34🇦🇹 Austria 32🇸🇪 Sweden 30🇷🇴 Romania 29🇺🇦 Ukraine 24🇫🇮 Finland 23🇨🇭 Switzerland 23🇵🇱 Poland 21🇳🇴 Norway 19🇷🇸 Serbia 18🇧🇪 Belgium 17🇸🇮 Slovenia 16🇦🇱 Albania 15🇭🇺 Hungary 15🇭🇷 Croatia 14🇱🇹 Lithuania 11🇲🇹 Malta 10🇪🇪 Estonia 9🇱🇻 Latvia 9🇮🇸 Iceland 8🇲🇰 North Macedonia 8🇨🇿 Czech Republic 7🇸🇰 Slovakia 7🇧🇾 Belarus 5🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4🇲🇩 Moldova 4🇲🇪 Montenegro 4🇽🇰 Kosovo 2🇲🇨 Monaco 2🇦🇩 Andorra 1
Narcissus
Spring-flowering bulbs with trumpet-shaped blooms in white, yellow, and orange
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
A spiny shrub with white spring flowers and tart blue-black fruit
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · 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
ElderSambucus nigra
A tall shrub or small tree with clusters of white flowers and dark berries
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Wildflower
Common IvyHedera helix
An evergreen climbing vine with lobed leaves and nectar-rich autumn flowers
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus
A golden berry of northern bogs and tundra, picked wild for food and drink
🇳🇴 Norway and 7 more · Wildflower
Autumn crocusColchicum autumnale
A lilac autumn flower that blooms before its leaves appear
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Wildflower
Place
Orto botanico di Pisa
Europe’s first university botanical garden, founded in 1544 in Pisa, Italy
Pisa, 🇮🇹 Italy · Botanical 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
Balkan Botanic Garden of KroussiaΒαλκανικός Βοτανικός Κήπος Κρουσσίων
A northern Greek garden devoted to native Balkan plants and conservation
Pontokerasia, 🇬🇷 Greece · 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
Flor og Fjære
Tropical-inspired gardens and restaurant on Sør-Hidle island, Norway
Stavanger, 🇳🇴 Norway · Flower garden, May to Sep
Place
Jardin botanique de Bordeaux
Historic botanical garden in the heart of Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden
Decoration
Hortus Eystettensis
A 1613 botanical book showing over 1,000 garden plants from a Bavarian palace
🇩🇪 Germany · Art or design
Place
Jardin botanique de Deshaies
A 7-hectare botanical garden in Deshaies, Guadeloupe with global plant collections
Deshaies, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden
Place
Viktualienmarkt
Munich’s central open-air market with flowers, food and local stalls
Munich, 🇩🇪 Germany · Flower market
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
A white-petalled wildflower of meadows, now found across much of the world
🇱🇻 Latvia and 6 more · 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
Red campionSilene dioica
A wild pink-red flower of woods and roadsides in northern and central Europe
🇮🇪 Ireland and 4 more · Wildflower
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
A tall, sweet-scented wildflower of damp meadows in Europe and western Asia
🇦🇹 Austria · Wildflower
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
Gothenburg Botanical GardenGöteborgs botaniska trädgård
A vast botanical garden and nature reserve in Gothenburg, Sweden
Gothenburg, 🇸🇪 Sweden · 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
Tuileries GardenJardin des Tuileries
Historic public gardens between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde in Paris
1st arrondissement of Paris, 🇫🇷 France · 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
Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof
A public show and trial garden in Weinheim, Germany
Weinheim, 🇩🇪 Germany · Botanical garden
Place
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
A 16-hectare botanic garden for research, teaching and public enjoyment in Cambridge
Cambridge, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden
Decoration
Floristry
The craft and trade of arranging and selling flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 3 more · Arrangement
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
A hardy Mediterranean cyclamen with ivy-shaped, patterned leaves and autumn blooms
🇫🇷 France and 2 more · Wildflower
Place
Inverewe Garden
A botanical garden on Scotland’s west coast with rare and exotic plants
Poolewe, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
A pink-flowered heather of bogs and wet heaths in western Europe
🇵🇹 Portugal and 3 more · Wildflower
Bloody crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
A hardy crimson-flowered perennial of grasslands and gardens
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Wildflower
Place
Botanical Garden of the University of CoimbraJardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra
A historic 13-hectare botanical garden in Coimbra, Portugal
Coimbra, 🇵🇹 Portugal · Botanical garden
Place
WilhelmaWilhelma Zoologisch-Botanischer Garten Stuttgart
A Moorish-style zoo and botanical garden in Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart, 🇩🇪 Germany · Botanical garden
Place
Eden ProjectEdenva
A vast garden and biome complex in a former clay pit in Cornwall
Cornwall, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden
Place
Wojsławice Arboretum
A vast botanical garden in southwest Poland with major rhododendron and daylily collections
Niemcza, 🇵🇱 Poland · Botanical garden, May to Sep
Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo
An evergreen Mediterranean tree with white bell flowers and red, strawberry-like fruit
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Flowering tree
Place
Garden of Ninfa
A romantic English-style garden among medieval ruins in central Italy
Cisterna di Latina, 🇮🇹 Italy · Flower garden, Apr to Nov
Place
Exbury Gardens
A woodland garden in Hampshire with famous collections of flowering shrubs
New Forest, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden
Place
Bodnant GardenGardd Bodnant
A hillside garden in Wales known for its Laburnum arch and rare plant collections
Tal-y-Cafn, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower garden
Place
Westonbirt Arboretum
A vast tree collection and woodland park in Gloucestershire, England
Tetbury, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden
Decoration
Remembrance poppy
An artificial red poppy worn to honour those lost in war
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
Decoration
White poppy
A peace symbol worn for Remembrance Day and Anzac Day
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
Place
Cluj-Napoca Botanical GardenGrădina Botanică Alexandru Borza a Universității Cluj-Napoca
A 14-hectare botanical garden with over 10,000 plant species in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cluj-Napoca, 🇷🇴 Romania · Botanical garden
SnapdragonAntirrhinum
Garden flowers with dragon-shaped blooms that open when squeezed
🇩🇪 Germany and 4 more · Garden flower
Decoration
DożynkiDożynki, Обжинки, Дажынкі, Dožínky, Òżniwinë
The Slavic harvest festival marked by wreaths of grain and flowers
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 more · Custom, Aug to Sep
Place
Jardin Serre de la Madone
A hillside garden in Menton with rare subtropical plants and terraced pools
Menton, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Orto botanico di Pisa: Sailko, CC BY 3.0, 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
- Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University: Iwona Grabska, CC BY 2.5, source
- Flor og Fjære: Kilabs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jardin botanique de Bordeaux: J W, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hortus Eystettensis: Wolfgang Kilian, Public domain, source
- Jardin botanique de Deshaies: myself, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Viktualienmarkt: User:Mattes, Public domain, source
- Oxeye Daisy: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain, source
- Helianthus: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hryshko National Botanical Garden: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red campion: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Meadowsweet: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Elder: Willow, CC BY 2.5, source
- Blackthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dog rose: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Narcissus: Uberprutser, 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
- Gothenburg Botanical Garden: Bulver, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Botanical Conservatory of Brest: Loïc Ruellan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tuileries Garden: Tangopaso, Public domain, source
- Common Ivy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Benmore Botanic Garden: E96an at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Cloudberry: Philipum, Public domain, source
- Autumn crocus: Stemonitis, Public domain, source
- Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof: -- Immanuel Giel 12:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Floristry: Joachimj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sowbread: Mario Rainaldi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Inverewe Garden: Alexandre Dulaunoy, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cross-leaved Heath: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bloody crane's-bill: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0, source
- Wilhelma: Ludwig von Zanth, 1796-1857, Public domain, source
- Eden Project: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Wojsławice Arboretum: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Strawberry-tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Garden of Ninfa: WikiRomaWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exbury Gardens: Charlesdrakew at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Bodnant Garden: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Westonbirt Arboretum: Photo taken by and copyright Stuz ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Remembrance poppy: Heatherannej, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White poppy: Nankai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Snapdragon: Sabina Bajracharya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dożynki: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Jardin Serre de la Madone: Daderot, Public domain, source