Christian flower traditions
Lilies at Easter, the rose and the Madonna lily, altar flowers and wreaths.
Decoration
MidsummerMidsommar
Europe’s summer solstice festival with bonfires, flowers and outdoor gatherings
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Custom, June
Decoration
Papel picado
Mexican folk art banners made by cutting designs into colored tissue paper
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Flower craft
Celosia
Flame-like flowers grown for food and garden colour
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 more · Garden flower
Royal poincianaDelonix regia
A tropical tree with bright red-orange flowers and fern-like leaves
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 8 more · Flowering tree
Red campionSilene dioica
A wild pink-red flower of woods and roadsides in northern and central Europe
🇮🇪 Ireland and 4 more · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
A nodding blue or purple wildflower with spurred petals, known as granny’s bonnet
🇫🇷 France and 5 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Rushbearing
An English festival of carrying rushes and flowers to church in decorated processions
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Custom, Jul to Aug
Decoration
Kupala NightКупа́лле / Иван Купала / Івана Купала / Noc Kupały
Slavic midsummer festival with flower garlands, bonfires, and water rituals
🇧🇾 Belarus and 5 more · Custom, Jun to Jul
Place
Festival of the FlowersFeria de las Flores
Medellín’s annual celebration of flowers, culture, and community
Medellín, 🇨🇴 Colombia · Festival or show, August
Decoration
Perfume
A scented liquid made from oils, flowers, and aromatics for body and space
🇫🇷 France and 6 more · Arrangement
Decoration
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
Decoration
Corpus Christi flower wreathsCorpus Domini
Floral wreaths for a Catholic feast of the Eucharist
🇪🇸 Spain and 7 more · Garland or wreath, May to Jun
Madonna lilyLilium candidum
A pure white, fragrant lily with deep religious symbolism
🇫🇷 France and 4 more · Bulb flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Midsummer: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Papel picado: Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, source
- Celosia: Reaperman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Royal poinciana: Averette, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red campion: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Columbine: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rushbearing: Alexander Wilson, Public domain, source
- Kupala Night: Ivan Sokolov, Public domain, source
- Festival of the Flowers: SajoR, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Perfume: Takkk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sawdust carpet: Rosalba Muñoz RomeroLia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Corpus Christi flower wreaths: Fennec ., Public domain, source
- Madonna lily: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source