Flowers for gifts
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RoseRosa
Woody perennial plants with showy, often fragrant flowers in many colours
Rosa · Wildflower
OrchidOrchidaceae
A vast family of colourful, often fragrant flowers found almost everywhere on earth
Orchidaceae · Wildflower
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
Narcissus
Spring-flowering bulbs with trumpet-shaped blooms in white, yellow, and orange
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
A woodland plant with sweet-scented white bell flowers in late spring
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 more · Wildflower
Dianthus
A group of frilled, often pink, flowers grown in gardens and bouquets worldwide
Dianthus · Wildflower
Iris
A large group of perennial flowers with striking, six-lobed blooms
Iris · Wildflower
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · 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
African violetSaintpaulia
A small, velvety-leaved house plant with violet, blue or white flowers from East Africa
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 1 more · Wildflower
Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum
Bulbous plants with white star-shaped flowers from Europe, Africa, and Asia
Ornithogalum · Wildflower
Nerine
Bulbous perennials with wavy pink to red flowers from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 more · Wildflower
Doubtful knight's-spurConsolida ajacis
Tall garden annual with spikes of blue, pink or white flowers
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Consolida
Annual larkspurs grown for their spurred flowers in pink, blue, purple and white
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Wildflower
Blazing starLiatris
Tall North American wildflowers with feathery purple or pink flower spikes
🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Wildflower
Elegant zinniaZinnia elegans
A bright annual garden flower from Mexico with many colourful forms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 more · Garden flower
Phlox
A North American genus with bright, fragrant blooms from spring to fall
Phlox · Wildflower
Disa
A genus of red-flowered orchids from Africa, some grown as ornamentals
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Sweet WilliamDianthus barbatus
A garden flower with clusters of colourful, spicy-scented blooms
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
A lacy blue annual with misty bracts and balloon-like seed pods
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Sea lavenderLimonium
Salt-tolerant wildflowers with papery blooms, known as statice or sea lavender
Limonium · 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
Adey abebaBidens macroptera
The yellow eight-petalled flower of Ethiopia’s New Year
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Wildflower
Proteasuikerbos
Large-headed South African flowers called sugarbushes, with many wild species
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Miltonia
Medium-large Brazilian orchids with showy, long-lasting flowers
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 more · Orchid
New South Wales waratahTelopea speciosissima
Large red flowered shrub and emblem of New South Wales, Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
Yellow ʻilimaSida fallax
A golden-yellow flower woven into Hawaiian and Pacific Island garlands
🇰🇮 Kiribati and 2 more · Wildflower
Vandaवन्दाका
A tropical orchid genus prized for its vivid, long-lasting flowers
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Wildflower
Heliconia
Tropical plants with bold, colorful bracts and banana-like leaves
Heliconia · Wildflower
China asterCallistephus chinensis
A showy garden flower from China with many colorful cultivated forms
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Garden flower
Gypsophila
A group of delicate, small-flowered plants known as baby's-breath
🇹🇷 Turkey and 2 more · Wildflower
Chinese peonyPaeonia lactiflora
A fragrant perennial with large white, pink, or crimson flowers from Asia
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Gladiolus alatus
A small South African gladiolus with bright orange, sweet-scented flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
FeatherflowerVerticordia
Woody Australian shrubs with feathery, colourful flowers
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
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
Big Bend bluebonnetLupinus havardii
A tall bluebonnet from the deserts and mountains of Texas and Chihuahua
Lupinus havardii · Wildflower
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
Pink Mulla MullaPtilotus exaltatus
A spiky pink wildflower from Australia’s dry interior
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Hooded-leaf pelargoniumPelargonium cucullatum
A tall, hairy shrub with cupped leaves and pinkish flowers from South Africa
Pelargonium cucullatum · Flowering shrub
King ProteaProtea cynaroides
South Africa’s national flower with the largest bloom in its genus
🇿🇦 South Africa · Flowering shrub
Paulownia泡桐
A fast-growing East Asian tree with pale violet foxglove-like flowers
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Flowering tree
Tulip treeLiriodendron
A tall deciduous tree with tulip-shaped flowers and four-lobed leaves
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Flowering tree
KouCordia subcordata
A coastal flowering tree with orange blooms and buoyant fruit
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Disa: Michael Gäbler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, 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
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Orchid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Narcissus: Uberprutser, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- African violet: Kor!An (Корзун Андрей), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Star-of-Bethlehem: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl, source
- Nerine: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Doubtful knight's-spur: Alberto Salguero, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Consolida: Picture taken by BerndH, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Blazing star: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Elegant zinnia: Simon Koopmann, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Phlox: Atilin, Public domain, source
- Sweet William: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5 si, source
- Love-in-a-mist: Kaldari, Public domain, source
- Sea lavender: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Snapdragon: Sabina Bajracharya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Schlumbergera: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Adey abeba: (c) Luke Lythgoe, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, source
- Protea: Andrew massyn, Public domain, source
- Miltonia: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- New South Wales waratah: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yellow ʻilima: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Vanda: The original uploader was Lithiumscream at English Wikipedia ., Attribution, source
- Heliconia: Justin Lebar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- China aster: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gypsophila: John Alan Elson, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chinese peony: Ulf Eliasson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gladiolus alatus: Abu Shawka, CC0, source
- Featherflower: Cygnis insignis, Public domain, source
- Globe amaranth: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Garden cosmos: George Chernilevsky, CC BY 4.0, source
- Big Bend bluebonnet: Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Purple coneflower: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hooker's banksia: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au, source
- Pink Mulla Mulla: Photograph by d3j4vu, CC BY 3.0, source
- Hooded-leaf pelargonium: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- King Protea: © Pierre André, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paulownia: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Tulip tree: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kou: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source