Cut flowers
Grown for the vase, the bouquet and the flower market.
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
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
A woodland plant with sweet-scented white bell flowers in late spring
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 more · Wildflower
Iris
A large group of perennial flowers with striking, six-lobed blooms
Iris · 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
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb 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
Kashmir IrisIris kashmiriana
A fragrant iris from the western Himalaya, often planted on graves in Kashmir
🇮🇳 India and 4 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
Mourning irisIris susiana
A rare iris with large, spotted flowers once found in the mountains of the Middle East
🇱🇧 Lebanon and 2 more · Wildflower
Flamingo FlowerAnthurium andraeanum
A tropical plant with heart-shaped leaves and vivid red or pink spathes
🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 more · 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
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
Barberton daisyGerbera jamesonii
The bright daisy from South Africa, ancestor of all cultivated gerberas
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · 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
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
Tenweeks stockMatthiola incana
A fragrant garden flower in many colours, grown for beds and bouquets
🇪🇸 Spain and 4 more · Garden flower
Calla lilyZantedeschia
Showy funnel-shaped flowers from southern Africa, grown worldwide as ornamentals
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
WallflowerErysimum
A group of bright, often fragrant flowers found wild and in gardens worldwide
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Wildflower
SnapdragonAntirrhinum
Garden flowers with dragon-shaped blooms that open when squeezed
🇩🇪 Germany and 4 more · Garden flower
Schlumbergera
A forest cactus with jointed stems and bright flowers, grown as a holiday houseplant
🇧🇷 Brazil · Wildflower
Common snapdragonAntirrhinum majus
A tall garden flower with dragon-shaped blooms that open when squeezed
🇫🇷 France and 2 more · Garden flower
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
Garden hyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
A spring bulb with dense, fragrant flower clusters in many colours
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Garden flower
Proteasuikerbos
Large-headed South African flowers called sugarbushes, with many wild species
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Geraldton waxChamelaucium uncinatum
A hardy Australian shrub with long-lasting white or pink flowers
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
New South Wales waratahTelopea speciosissima
Large red flowered shrub and emblem of New South Wales, Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
Protea magnifica
A mountain shrub from South Africa with large, showy flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Red pincushion-proteaLeucospermum cordifolium
A South African shrub with bright, pincushion-like flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Easter lilyLilium longiflorum
White, trumpet-shaped lily known for its role in Easter celebrations
🇯🇵 Japan and 3 more · Garden flower
Chinese peonyPaeonia lactiflora
A fragrant perennial with large white, pink, or crimson flowers from Asia
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Poppy anemoneAnemone coronaria
Red, white, or blue Mediterranean flower with a dark crown centre
🇮🇱 Israel and 7 more · Wildflower
Cabbage roseRosa × centifolia
A highly scented old rose grown for perfume and gardens
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Didier's tulipTulipa gesneriana
The classic tall tulip behind most garden and cut-flower varieties
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Gladiolus alatus
A small South African gladiolus with bright orange, sweet-scented flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Ivy-leaved geraniumPelargonium peltatum
A trailing plant with fleshy, lobed leaves and pale mauve to pink flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Sweet mock orangePhiladelphus coronarius
A fragrant white-flowered shrub from the Caucasus and Turkey, grown in gardens
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Stephanotis floribunda
A tropical vine with clusters of fragrant white, waxy flowers from Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber
Big Bend bluebonnetLupinus havardii
A tall bluebonnet from the deserts and mountains of Texas and Chihuahua
Lupinus havardii · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Delphinium: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German iris: Za, 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
- 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
- Kashmir Iris: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mourning iris: Jacopo Ligozzi (1547–1627), Public domain, source
- Flamingo Flower: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Stephanotis: Lenore Edman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cape primrose: Nzfauna, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cleome houtteana: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Schizanthus: Penarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Barberton daisy: Rooivos, Public domain, 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
- Tenweeks stock: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Calla lily: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wallflower: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Snapdragon: Sabina Bajracharya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Schlumbergera: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common snapdragon: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain, source
- Thrift: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sasanqua camellia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Garden hyacinth: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea: Andrew massyn, Public domain, source
- Geraldton wax: No machine-readable author provided. Eug assumed (based on copyright c, CC BY 2.5, source
- New South Wales waratah: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea magnifica: Dinkum, CC0, source
- Red pincushion-protea: Cs california, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Easter lily: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese peony: Ulf Eliasson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cabbage rose: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Didier's tulip: Dina L, CC0, source
- Gladiolus alatus: Abu Shawka, CC0, source
- Ivy-leaved geranium: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sweet mock orange: No machine-readable author provided. Rainer Bielefeld assumed (based o, Public domain, source
- Big Bend bluebonnet: Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source