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Muslim flower traditions

Roses and rose water, shrine offerings and the gardens of paradise.

Photo credits on this page

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

Iris florentina: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Perfume: Takkk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

The weekly bunch

Every Monday: what is in bloom, the flower festivals of the week, seven flowers you may not know and one tradition explained.