Flowers for gifts
Given for love, thanks, birthdays, visits and apologies.
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
Decoration
Lunar New Year Fair年宵市場
A festive flower market held before Lunar New Year in Cantonese communities
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Custom
China asterCallistephus chinensis
A showy garden flower from China with many colorful cultivated forms
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Garden flower
Floribunda rose
A garden rose group with many blooms in clusters
Garden flower
Gypsophila
A group of delicate, small-flowered plants known as baby's-breath
🇹🇷 Turkey and 2 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Flower preservation
Ways to keep flowers looking fresh long after they are picked
Flower craft
Chinese peonyPaeonia lactiflora
A fragrant perennial with large white, pink, or crimson flowers from Asia
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Decoration
Artificial flower
Imitation flowers made from fabric, plastic, paper, clay and other materials
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Arrangement
Decoration
Sachet
A small scented cloth bag filled with herbs or aromatic ingredients
🇮🇳 India · Flower craft
Cabbage roseRosa × centifolia
A highly scented old rose grown for perfume and gardens
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Decoration
Perfume
A scented liquid made from oils, flowers, and aromatics for body and space
🇫🇷 France and 6 more · Arrangement
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
Decoration
Jasmine tea茉莉花茶
Green or other tea leaves scented with jasmine flowers, prized in China and Vietnam
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Flower craft
Decoration
Tulip maniatulpenmanie
The 17th-century Dutch craze for rare tulip bulbs and the world's first market bubble
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Custom
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
Big Bend bluebonnetLupinus havardii
A tall bluebonnet from the deserts and mountains of Texas and Chihuahua
Lupinus havardii · Wildflower
Decoration
Floral industry
The global trade and business of growing, selling, and arranging flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Custom
Decoration
Chinese New Year春节
The Spring Festival marked by red decorations, family gatherings, and flower displays
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Custom, Jan to Feb
Purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea
A North American wildflower with purple-pink petals and a spiny central cone
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Decoration
Hanami花見
The Japanese tradition of gathering to enjoy cherry blossoms in spring
🇯🇵 Japan and 7 more · Custom, Jan to May
Gerbera
Bright daisy-like blooms from South Africa, popular in gardens and bouquets
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Herb or useful flower
Decoration
Bouquet
A creative arrangement of flowers, given or displayed for many occasions
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Arrangement
Decoration
Garland
A string or braid of flowers, leaves, or other materials for decoration or ceremony
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Garland or wreath
Decoration
Floriculture
The science and business of growing flowers and ornamental plants
Arrangement
Decoration
Pohela Boishakhপহেলা বৈশাখ
Bengali New Year marked by processions, fairs, and flower-adorned gatherings
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 more · Custom, April
Decoration
Paisleyبته
A curved teardrop motif from Iran and India, now used worldwide on textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 8 more · Art or design
Decoration
Butaبوته
A curved floral motif found in Persian, Indian, and Central Asian art and textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 more · Art or design
Decoration
TếtTết Nguyên Đán
Vietnam's spring new year festival with flowers, family, and lucky customs
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Custom, Jan to Feb
Decoration
Mărțișor
Red and white string brooches worn for spring in Romania and Moldova
🇷🇴 Romania and 3 more · Custom, March
Decoration
Cake decorating
The craft of adorning cakes with icing, fondant, and edible decorations
🇺🇸 United States · Art or design
Decoration
Sugar sculpture
Artistic centerpieces and figures made entirely from cooked sugar
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Flower craft
Decoration
Quilling
Decorative art made by rolling and shaping strips of paper
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flower craft
Decoration
Kusudama薬玉
A Japanese paper sphere made from folded flowers or units, often hung as decoration
🇯🇵 Japan · Flower craft
Decoration
Shellcraft
Decorative art made by arranging and using seashells
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Flower craft
Decoration
Attarअत्तर, عطر
Traditional natural perfume oil distilled from flowers, herbs, and spices
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Flower craft
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hanami: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bouquet: James Vick's Sons (Rochester, N.Y.); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed, No restrictions, source
- Garland: No machine-readable author provided. Piotrus assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Floriculture: James Locke, Public domain, source
- Pohela Boishakh: Abidhasan00, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paisley: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Buta: Thomas Watier, Public domain, source
- Tết: vi:Lưu Ly, Public domain, source
- Sugar sculpture: kirstenjolanda, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cake decorating: Michael Prudhomme, CakesMadeEasy.com, CC BY 2.5, source
- Quilling: Inna Dorman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kusudama: Angie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shellcraft: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Attar: Kerina yin, CC0, source
- Stephanotis: Lenore Edman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Vanda: The original uploader was Lithiumscream at English Wikipedia ., Attribution, source
- Heliconia: Justin Lebar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lunar New Year Fair: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- China aster: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Floribunda rose: Anna reg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gypsophila: John Alan Elson, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flower preservation: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese peony: Ulf Eliasson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Artificial flower: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sachet: Jebulon, CC0, source
- Cabbage rose: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Perfume: Takkk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gladiolus alatus: Abu Shawka, CC0, source
- Featherflower: Cygnis insignis, Public domain, source
- Jasmine tea: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tulip mania: Unknown, 1637, 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
- Floral industry: Satin66Flower, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chinese New Year: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Purple coneflower: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gerbera: Novita Saulina Sitohang, CC BY 4.0, source