Cut flowers
Grown for the vase, the bouquet and the flower market.
Chrysanthemum菊花
Autumn-blooming flower with thousands of varieties, cherished in East Asia and beyond
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
Helianthus
Tall North American plants with large, bright flower heads called sunflowers
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 more · Wildflower
Anemone
Perennial wildflowers with colorful, petal-like sepals known as windflowers
Anemone · Wildflower
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
Showy stonecropHylotelephium spectabile
A pink-flowered succulent from China, popular in gardens and bouquets
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
German irisIris × germanica
A tall, rhizome-rooted iris with showy bearded blooms in many colours
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Protea neriifolia
A South African shrub with cone-shaped flower heads and hairy-tipped bracts
🇿🇦 South Africa and 3 more · Wildflower
Scarlet jungleflameIxora coccinea
A dense evergreen shrub with year-round scarlet flower clusters
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Aztec marigoldTagetes erecta
The golden-yellow flower of Mexican altars and Day of the Dead offerings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Bigleaf HydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
A Japanese shrub with large pink or blue flower heads that change colour with soil
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Garden flower
White garland-lilyHedychium coronarium
Tall, fragrant white flowers from the ginger family, grown and loved across continents
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Wildflower
Arabian jasmineJasminum sambac
A small white jasmine with a strong, sweet scent, treasured in Asia for garlands and ceremonies
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Flamingo FlowerAnthurium andraeanum
A tropical plant with heart-shaped leaves and vivid red or pink spathes
🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 more · Garden flower
Garden phloxPhlox paniculata
A tall, fragrant perennial with pink or purple flower clusters for summer gardens
🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Garden flower
Cape primroseStreptocarpus
A houseplant with tubular blooms from African mountains and forests
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Doubtful knight's-spurConsolida ajacis
Tall garden annual with spikes of blue, pink or white flowers
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Cleome houtteana
Tall annual with pink, purple, or white flowers and long, whisker-like stamens
🇦🇷 Argentina and 5 more · Garden flower
Helenium
Tall daisy-like flowers in yellow and orange, once used to make sneeze-inducing snuff
Helenium · Wildflower
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
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
Jasmine tobaccoNicotiana alata
A fragrant night-blooming tobacco grown for its showy flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
SnapdragonAntirrhinum
Garden flowers with dragon-shaped blooms that open when squeezed
🇩🇪 Germany and 4 more · Garden flower
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
A daisy-like wildflower with a dark centre and bright yellow petals
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
ThriftArmeria maritima
A low-growing perennial with pink globe-shaped blooms found near coasts and in gardens
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Sasanqua camelliaCamellia sasanqua
An evergreen shrub with winter flowers and fragrant petals, native to southern Japan
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Flowering shrub
Cape jasmineGardenia jasminoides
A glossy-leaved shrub with large, fragrant white flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
New South Wales waratahTelopea speciosissima
Large red flowered shrub and emblem of New South Wales, Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
China asterCallistephus chinensis
A showy garden flower from China with many colorful cultivated forms
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Garden flower
Ivy-leaved geraniumPelargonium peltatum
A trailing plant with fleshy, lobed leaves and pale mauve to pink flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Stephanotis floribunda
A tropical vine with clusters of fragrant white, waxy flowers from Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber
Globe amaranthGomphrena globosa
A round-flowered annual grown for its lasting, colorful blooms
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 more · Wildflower
Garden cosmosCosmos bipinnatus
A tall annual with feathery leaves and pink, purple or white daisy-like flowers
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Garden dahliaDahlia pinnata
A showy perennial with pink to deep purple blooms, grown in gardens worldwide
🇲🇽 Mexico and 4 more · Garden flower
Purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea
A North American wildflower with purple-pink petals and a spiny central cone
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Hooker's banksiaBanksia hookeriana
A tall shrub with bright orange flower spikes from Western Australia
🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub
Garden rose
The classic ornamental flowering shrub of gardens worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Hybrid tea rose
The classic long-stemmed garden and cut rose with high-centred blooms
🇫🇷 France · Garden flower
Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim
The national orchid of Singapore, known for year-round blooming
🇸🇬 Singapore · Garden flower
Red spider lilyLycoris radiata
A bright-red autumn-blooming lily with spidery stamens
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Bulb flower
Florist's daisyChrysanthemum × morifolium
The many-petalled autumn bloom of gardens and floral shows
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Garden flower
Blanket FlowerGaillardia aristata
A drought-tolerant wildflower with yellow and maroon daisy-like blooms
🇺🇸 United States and 6 more · Wildflower
Nematanthus
A trailing Brazilian plant with pouch-shaped flowers that resemble goldfish
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 more · Garden flower
Weeping bottlebrushMelaleuca viminalis
A red-flowered Australian tree with weeping branches and bottlebrush blooms
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Flowering tree
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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Blanket Flower: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Weeping bottlebrush: Geoff Fox, CC BY 3.0, source
- Chrysanthemum: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Helianthus: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zinnia: John Alan Elson, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Golden everlasting: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Showy stonecrop: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea neriifolia: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, source
- Scarlet jungleflame: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aztec marigold: HitroMilanese, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bigleaf Hydrangea: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White garland-lily: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flamingo Flower: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Garden phlox: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Stephanotis: Lenore Edman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cape primrose: Nzfauna, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Doubtful knight's-spur: Alberto Salguero, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cleome houtteana: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Helenium: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Begonia × tuberhybrida: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zonal geranium: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bluemink: Harry Alverson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Phlox: Atilin, Public domain, source
- Jasmine tobacco: Carl E Lewis, CC BY 2.0, source
- Snapdragon: Sabina Bajracharya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Black-eyed Susan: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thrift: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sasanqua camellia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cape jasmine: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- New South Wales waratah: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- China aster: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ivy-leaved geranium: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Globe amaranth: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Garden cosmos: George Chernilevsky, CC BY 4.0, source
- Garden dahlia: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Purple coneflower: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hooker's banksia: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au, source
- Garden rose: Laitche, Public domain, source
- Hybrid tea rose: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim: Calvin Teo ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red spider lily: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Florist's daisy: 池田正樹 ( talk )masaki ikeda, Public domain, source
- Nematanthus: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source