Cut flowers
Grown for the vase, the bouquet and the flower market.
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
ChampakMagnolia champaca
A tall tree with fragrant yellow to orange flowers, prized in South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Flowering tree
Scarlet jungleflameIxora coccinea
A dense evergreen shrub with year-round scarlet flower clusters
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering shrub
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
Ivy-leaved geraniumPelargonium peltatum
A trailing plant with fleshy, lobed leaves and pale mauve to pink flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Champak: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Scarlet jungleflame: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flamingo Flower: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ivy-leaved geranium: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source