Cut flowers
Grown for the vase, the bouquet and the flower market.
RoseRosa
Woody perennial plants with showy, often fragrant flowers in many colours
Rosa · Wildflower
Common sunflowerHelianthus annuus
A tall annual plant grown for its large yellow flower heads and edible seeds
🇨🇦 Canada and 4 more · Wildflower
OrchidOrchidaceae
A vast family of colourful, often fragrant flowers found almost everywhere on earth
Orchidaceae · Wildflower
TulipTulipa
Spring-blooming bulbs with showy, cup-shaped flowers in many colours
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Wildflower
LilyLilium
Tall bulb flowers with large, colourful blooms in many gardens and cultures
Lilium · Wildflower
Chrysanthemum菊花
Autumn-blooming flower with thousands of varieties, cherished in East Asia and beyond
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
VioletViola
A large genus of delicate flowers found across temperate regions worldwide
Viola · Wildflower
Dahlia
A bushy perennial with tuberous roots and bright, star-shaped blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Garden flower
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
A woodland plant with sweet-scented white bell flowers in late spring
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 more · Wildflower
Dianthus
A group of frilled, often pink, flowers grown in gardens and bouquets worldwide
Dianthus · Wildflower
Gladiolus
Tall, showy flower spikes grown from corms, known as sword lilies
Gladiolus · Garden flower
Helianthus
Tall North American plants with large, bright flower heads called sunflowers
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 more · Wildflower
Iris
A large group of perennial flowers with striking, six-lobed blooms
Iris · Wildflower
PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima
The red-bracted shrub of Christmas displays, native to Mexico and Central America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Wildflower
CarnationDianthus caryophyllus
A fragrant flower with ruffled petals, grown worldwide for decoration and meaning
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
PoppyPapaver
A group of colourful wild and garden flowers with capsule fruits and many seeds
Papaver · Wildflower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Anemone
Perennial wildflowers with colorful, petal-like sepals known as windflowers
Anemone · Wildflower
PeonyPaeonia
Large spring flowers in pink, red, white, yellow and purple, grown in gardens worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb flower
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
Cyclamen
Tubered Mediterranean flowers with upswept petals and patterned leaves
Cyclamen · Wildflower
Anthurium
A tropical plant with glossy leaves and a colorful, often heart-shaped spathe
Anthurium · Garden flower
Delphinium
Tall garden flowers with spurred blooms in blue, purple, pink, and white
Delphinium · Wildflower
Petunia
A South American garden flower with trumpet-shaped blooms in many colours
Petunia · Garden flower
Stephanotis
A tropical climber with waxy, fragrant white flowers
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber
Cape primroseStreptocarpus
A houseplant with tubular blooms from African mountains and forests
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Eremurus
Tall spiked flowers from Central Asia, known as foxtail lilies or desert candles
🇹🇯 Tajikistan and 7 more · Wildflower
Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum
Bulbous plants with white star-shaped flowers from Europe, Africa, and Asia
Ornithogalum · Wildflower
Strelitzia
Tall South African plants with fan-shaped leaves and striking bird-like blooms
🇿🇦 South Africa · Garden flower
Doubtful knight's-spurConsolida ajacis
Tall garden annual with spikes of blue, pink or white flowers
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Consolida
Annual larkspurs grown for their spurred flowers in pink, blue, purple and white
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Wildflower
Cleome houtteana
Tall annual with pink, purple, or white flowers and long, whisker-like stamens
🇦🇷 Argentina and 5 more · Garden flower
Schizanthus
Ferny-leaved annuals with butterfly-like flowers from Chile and Argentina
🇨🇱 Chile and 4 more · Wildflower
Blazing starLiatris
Tall North American wildflowers with feathery purple or pink flower spikes
🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Wildflower
Helenium
Tall daisy-like flowers in yellow and orange, once used to make sneeze-inducing snuff
Helenium · Wildflower
Painted daisyTanacetum coccineum
A colourful daisy grown for gardens and natural insect repellent
🇮🇷 Iran and 8 more · Wildflower
Barberton daisyGerbera jamesonii
The bright daisy from South Africa, ancestor of all cultivated gerberas
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower
Elegant zinniaZinnia elegans
A bright annual garden flower from Mexico with many colourful forms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 more · Garden flower
Begonia × tuberhybrida
Hybrid begonias grown for their large, colourful flowers from tubers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Zonal geraniumPelargonium × hortorum
The classic potted and bedding plant with rounded leaves and ball-shaped flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Garden flower
Petunia × atkinsiana
The hybrid garden petunia grown for its colourful, trumpet-shaped blooms
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
BlueminkAgeratum houstonianum
A fluffy blue annual often grown in garden borders and balcony boxes
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 7 more · Wildflower
Phlox
A North American genus with bright, fragrant blooms from spring to fall
Phlox · Wildflower
Sweet WilliamDianthus barbatus
A garden flower with clusters of colourful, spicy-scented blooms
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Stargazer lilyLilium 'Stargazer'
A sky-facing, fragrant hybrid lily first bred in California in 1974
Lilium 'Stargazer' · Garden flower
Garden heliotropeHeliotropium arborescens
A bushy shrub with fragrant purple flower clusters from the Andes
🇧🇴 Bolivia and 3 more · Garden flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chrysanthemum: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Delphinium: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Helianthus: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cyclamen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common sunflower: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Anthurium: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, source
- Eremurus robustus: User name: Schnobby, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulip: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lily-of-the-valley: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0, source
- Violet: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poppy: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Gladiolus: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poinsettia: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orchid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lily: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peony: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Petunia: Unknown author, GFDL 1.2, source
- Stephanotis: Lenore Edman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cape primrose: Nzfauna, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Star-of-Bethlehem: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl, source
- Strelitzia: Scott Bauer, USDA, Public domain, source
- Doubtful knight's-spur: Alberto Salguero, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Consolida: Picture taken by BerndH, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Cleome houtteana: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Schizanthus: Penarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blazing star: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Helenium: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Painted daisy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Barberton daisy: Rooivos, Public domain, source
- Elegant zinnia: Simon Koopmann, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Begonia × tuberhybrida: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zonal geranium: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Petunia × atkinsiana: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bluemink: Harry Alverson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Phlox: Atilin, Public domain, source
- Sweet William: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5 si, source
- Stargazer lily: The original uploader was Skarg at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 2.5, source
- Garden heliotrope: Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source