Cut flowers
Grown for the vase, the bouquet and the flower market.
Baby's breathGypsophila paniculata
A cloud of tiny white summer flowers used in bouquets and gardens
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Herb or useful flower
California poppyEschscholzia californica
The golden-orange wildflower and state flower of California
🇺🇸 United States and 6 more · Wildflower
Red-and-green kangaroo pawAnigozanthos manglesii
The red and green floral emblem of Western Australia
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Zinnia
Bright, long-stemmed flowers native to dry grasslands from the US to South America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Golden everlastingXerochrysum bracteatum
Papery yellow or white daisy flowers native to Australia, lasting long after picking
🇦🇺 Australia and 6 more · Wildflower
Common LilacSyringa vulgaris
A spring-flowering shrub with fragrant purple or white blooms
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 more · Garden flower
Argyranthemum
Daisy-like flowers from the Macaronesian islands, grown for summer colour
Argyranthemum · Garden flower
Showy stonecropHylotelephium spectabile
A pink-flowered succulent from China, popular in gardens and bouquets
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Brazilian gloxiniaSinningia speciosa
A tuberous houseplant with large, velvety flowers from Brazil
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 more · Garden flower
Helichrysum
A large group of daisy-like flowers known for their lasting dried blooms
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
A white, long-lasting bulb flower from South Africa’s Cape Province
🇿🇦 South Africa · Bulb flower
Lilium speciosum
A late-summer lily with fragrant white to pink flowers from East Asia
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Wildflower
German irisIris × germanica
A tall, rhizome-rooted iris with showy bearded blooms in many colours
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Souvenir de la Malmaison roseRosa ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’
A pale pink Bourbon rose named for the garden of Château de Malmaison
🇫🇷 France · Garden flower
Poet's daffodilNarcissus poeticus
A fragrant white daffodil linked to ancient Greek myth and poetry
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
Iris florentina
A white, violet-scented iris grown for orris root and as a grave flower
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
Protea neriifolia
A South African shrub with cone-shaped flower heads and hairy-tipped bracts
🇿🇦 South Africa and 3 more · Wildflower
Swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata
A wetland milkweed with pink to mauve flowers that attracts monarch butterflies
Asclepias incarnata · Wildflower
SmokebushConospermum
Australian shrubs with misty blue or grey flower heads that look like smoke
🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub
Scarlet jungleflameIxora coccinea
A dense evergreen shrub with year-round scarlet flower clusters
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Baby's breath: PiPi, Public domain, source
- California poppy: Kaldari, CC0, source
- Red-and-green kangaroo paw: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au, source
- Zinnia: John Alan Elson, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Golden everlasting: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common Lilac: Nedelin, CC BY 2.5, source
- Argyranthemum: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Showy stonecrop: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Brazilian gloxinia: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Helichrysum: Iorsh at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Ornithogalum thyrsoides: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Lilium speciosum: ‘Uncle Carl’ (カールおじさん)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Souvenir de la Malmaison rose: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Poet's daffodil: Arnaucc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris florentina: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Protea neriifolia: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, source
- Swamp milkweed: The original uploader was Teune at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Smokebush: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Scarlet jungleflame: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source