Flowering shrubs
Roses, hibiscus, azaleas, camellias and hydrangeas.
PomegranatePunica granatum
A shrub with bright red flowers and a fruit full of edible seeds
🇮🇷 Iran and 9 more · Flowering shrub
Rhododendron
A vast group of shrubs and trees with showy blooms in many colours
🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 more · Wildflower
Camellia
Evergreen shrubs and trees with showy blooms, best known for tea and garden flowers
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Garden flower
LantanaLantana camara
A colourful shrub with clusters of small, changing flowers
🇧🇷 Brazil and 9 more · Flowering shrub
Silver sennaSenna artemisioides
A yellow-flowered shrub native to dry regions of Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower
Calliandra
Shrubs and small trees with fluffy, powder-puff-like flowers
Calliandra · Wildflower
Scarlet jungleflameIxora coccinea
A dense evergreen shrub with year-round scarlet flower clusters
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Crown flowerCalotropis gigantea
A tall shrub with waxy white or lavender flowers and milky sap
🇮🇳 India and 8 more · Flowering shrub
Orange jasmineMurraya paniculata
A fragrant shrub or small tree with white flowers and orange-red berries
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Ruizia boutonianaboucle d'oreille
Mauritius’s national flower, a rare red-and-white bell-shaped bloom
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Flowering shrub
Beach naupakaScaevola taccada
A salt-tolerant shrub with fan-shaped white flowers on tropical beaches
🇨🇳 China 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
Ixora
Tropical evergreen shrubs with clusters of small, bright flowers
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Garden flower
WintersweetChimonanthus praecox
A winter-blooming shrub with fragrant yellow flowers from China
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Daphne odora
Evergreen shrub with highly scented pink flowers from China
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Flowering shrub
Common GorseUlex europaeus
A tough, spiny yellow-flowered shrub of Western Europe
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Sasanqua camelliaCamellia sasanqua
An evergreen shrub with winter flowers and fragrant petals, native to southern Japan
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Flowering shrub
Winter jasmineJasminum nudiflorum
A yellow-flowered shrub that blooms in winter and early spring
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Flowering shrub
Rhododendron dauricum
A hardy shrub with purple flowers from northeast Asia
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Flowering shrub
TrochetiaBoucle d'Oreille
Rare bell-shaped flowers from the Mascarene Islands, with coloured nectar
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Wildflower
Epacris impressa
A small Australian shrub with tubular red, pink or white flowers
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Witch-hazelHamamelis
A winter-flowering shrub with strap-shaped yellow to red blooms
🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Pinwheel flowerTabernaemontana divaricata
A fragrant white-flowered shrub native to South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Philippine violetBarleria cristata
A small shrub with violet, pink, or white funnel-shaped flowers
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Flowering shrub
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rhododendron: Eiffel, Public domain, source
- Camellia: junichiro aoyama, CC BY 2.0, source
- Witch-hazel: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Pinwheel flower: SKsiddhartthan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Philippine violet: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Silver senna: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, source
- Calliandra: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Scarlet jungleflame: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pomegranate: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crown flower: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Orange jasmine: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ruizia boutoniana: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beach naupaka: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lantana: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ixora: Wilfredor, CC0, source
- Wintersweet: Luigi Chiesa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Daphne odora: Miya, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common Gorse: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sasanqua camellia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Winter jasmine: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rhododendron dauricum: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Epacris impressa: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source