Flowers of North America
Prairie wildflowers, desert blooms, dogwood and magnolia, marigold altars and rose parades. 325 pages on Phool so far.
🇺🇸 United States 330🇲🇽 Mexico 172🇨🇦 Canada 101🇨🇷 Costa Rica 28🇬🇹 Guatemala 26🇨🇺 Cuba 21🇭🇳 Honduras 20🇵🇦 Panama 18🇸🇻 El Salvador 16🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 13🇯🇲 Jamaica 12🇬🇱 Greenland 11🇳🇮 Nicaragua 11🇧🇿 Belize 10🇧🇸 Bahamas 6🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 5🇩🇲 Dominica 4🇭🇹 Haiti 4🇧🇧 Barbados 3🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 2🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 2🇬🇩 Grenada 1
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Day of the DeadDía de (los) Muertos
Mexico’s festival of remembrance with altars, marigolds, and sugar skulls
🇲🇽 Mexico · Custom, November
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Flower power
A 1960s protest style using flowers as symbols of peace and resistance
🇺🇸 United States · Custom
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Philadelphia Flower Show
A major annual flower show held in Philadelphia each spring
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, March
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National Cherry Blossom Festival全米桜祭り
Spring festival in Washington, D.C. celebrating Japanese cherry trees and friendship
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Parade or display, Mar to Apr
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International Cherry Blossom Festival
A ten-day spring festival in Macon, Georgia celebrating blooming cherry trees
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, March
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The Daffodil Festival
Pierce County’s spring parade and daffodil celebration since 1934
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, Mar to Apr
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Cake decorating
The craft of adorning cakes with icing, fondant, and edible decorations
🇺🇸 United States · Art or design
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Papel picado
Mexican folk art banners made by cutting designs into colored tissue paper
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Flower craft
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Quilling
Decorative art made by rolling and shaping strips of paper
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flower craft
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carpet bedding
Giant plant sculptures made from thousands of bedding plants on steel frames
🇨🇦 Canada · Carpet or floor pattern
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Cachepot
A decorative indoor container that hides a plant’s flowerpot
🇺🇸 United States · Arrangement
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Hanging basket
A suspended container for growing and displaying flowering plants
🇺🇸 United States · Arrangement
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American Institute of Floral Designers
A professional association for floral designers in the US and Canada
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Arrangement
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Lei
A garland or necklace of flowers, leaves, or shells given to honor or celebrate
🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Garland or wreath
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Lei Day
Hawaii’s annual festival of leis, flowers and island traditions on May 1
🇺🇸 United States · Custom, May
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Ofrenda
A home altar with offerings for Día de los Muertos in Mexico
🇲🇽 Mexico · Offering or rite, November
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Mother's Day
A day to honor mothers and motherhood around the world
🇺🇸 United States and 6 more · Custom
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flower child
A 1960s youth movement known for wearing and sharing flowers as symbols of peace
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Worn flowers
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Portland Rose Festival
Portland’s annual June festival with parades, roses, and citywide celebrations
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, May to Jun
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Canadian Tulip Festival
Ottawa’s annual celebration of tulips and friendship with the Netherlands
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Parade or display, May
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Tulip Time Festival
A ten-day tulip celebration in Holland, Michigan each May
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, May
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Lilac Festival
A ten-day June celebration of lilacs on Mackinac Island, Michigan
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, June
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Sawdust carpettapetes de aserrín
Intricate street designs made of dyed sawdust and organic materials for religious processions
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 more · Carpet or floor pattern, Mar to Nov
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Day of the Dead: RubeHM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flower power: Mathias Degen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Philadelphia Flower Show: Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- National Cherry Blossom Festival: MBisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- International Cherry Blossom Festival: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Daffodil Festival: Imagesandevents, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cake decorating: Michael Prudhomme, CakesMadeEasy.com, CC BY 2.5, source
- Papel picado: Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, source
- Quilling: Inna Dorman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- carpet bedding: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Lilac: Marisa DeMeglio, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cachepot: Made by William Adams & Sons Ltd., Public domain, source
- Hanging basket: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lei: possibly Fernando Le Bleux, Public domain, source
- Lei Day: Janine, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ofrenda: Eneas de Troya, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mother's Day: Dave Parker, CC BY 2.0, source
- flower child: Derek Redmond and Paul Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Portland Rose Festival: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canadian Tulip Festival: Andrew Scheer, CC0, source
- Tulip Time Festival: Tichnor Brothers, Publisher, Public domain, source
- Sawdust carpet: Rosalba Muñoz RomeroLia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source