Flowers for home and everyday
On the table, at the door, in the hair, in the garden.
Hydrangea
Flowering shrubs with large heads that change color with soil pH
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Flowering shrub
ElderSambucus nigra
A tall shrub or small tree with clusters of white flowers and dark berries
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Wildflower
Iris
A large group of perennial flowers with striking, six-lobed blooms
Iris · Wildflower
PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima
The red-bracted shrub of Christmas displays, native to Mexico and Central America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
BorageBorago officinalis
A bristly blue-flowered herb from the Mediterranean, used in food and oil
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Herb or useful flower
Passion fruitPassiflora edulis
A tropical vine grown for its sweet-sour, aromatic fruit
🇧🇷 Brazil and 6 more · Climber
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Wildflower
Salvia
A vast group of aromatic herbs and shrubs known for their flowers and uses
Salvia · Wildflower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
PoppyPapaver
A group of colourful wild and garden flowers with capsule fruits and many seeds
Papaver · Wildflower
Forget-me-notMyosotis
Small blue wildflowers known for remembrance and love
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 7 more · Wildflower
Water-lily familyNymphaeaceae
Floating aquatic plants with showy flowers and round leaves
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 more · Wildflower
LilacSyringa
Fragrant spring-flowering shrubs and small trees grown for their showy clusters
Syringa · Flowering shrub
Common sageSalvia officinalis
A Mediterranean herb with grey-green leaves and blue to purple flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Herb or useful flower
ChamomileMatricaria chamomilla
A fragrant white and yellow annual flower used for tea and herbal remedies
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Geranium
A group of wild and garden flowers with five-petaled blooms and lobed leaves
Geranium · Wildflower
Anemone
Perennial wildflowers with colorful, petal-like sepals known as windflowers
Anemone · Wildflower
Common IvyHedera helix
An evergreen climbing vine with lobed leaves and nectar-rich autumn flowers
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
PeonyPaeonia
Large spring flowers in pink, red, white, yellow and purple, grown in gardens worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Black locustRobinia pseudoacacia
A tall, fragrant-flowered tree native to eastern North America
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Flowering tree
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
A large flowering tree known for its white spring blooms and shiny brown conkers
🇦🇱 Albania and 7 more · Flowering tree
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
BellflowersCampanula
Bell-shaped flowers from a wide-ranging and varied plant group
Campanula · Wildflower
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb flower
GentianGentiana
Trumpet-shaped blue and yellow flowers of alpine meadows and temperate regions
Gentiana · Wildflower
SundewDrosera
Sticky-leaved carnivorous plants that trap insects with glistening dew-like drops
Drosera · Wildflower
St John's-wortHypericum
A genus of yellow-flowered plants known as St John's-wort or goatweed
Hypericum · Wildflower
Primula
A large genus of spring-blooming wild and garden flowers from cool and mountain regions
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
SnowdropGalanthus
White bell-shaped flowers that bloom at the end of winter
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Wildflower
LupinLupinus
Tall, spiky-flowered legumes grown for gardens, food, and soil health
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower
Aster
Star-shaped perennial flowers from Eurasia, popular in gardens for late blooms
Aster · Wildflower
Nicotiana
The tobacco plant genus, grown for leaves and garden flowers worldwide
Nicotiana · Wildflower
Camellia
Evergreen shrubs and trees with showy blooms, best known for tea and garden flowers
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Garden flower
Sweet VioletViola odorata
A scented violet with edible leaves and flowers, native to Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Plumeria
Fragrant tropical tree with waxy, five-petaled flowers in many colours
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Flowering tree
MallowMalva
Edible and ornamental flowering plants with pink, purple or white blooms
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Wildflower
Wild PansyViola tricolor
A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
EdelweissLeontopodium nivale
A woolly white star-shaped flower of the European mountains
🇦🇹 Austria and 5 more · Wildflower
BromeliadsBromeliaceae
A family of tropical flowering plants from the Americas, including the pineapple
🇨🇱 Chile and 7 more · Wildflower
Clematis
A climbing vine with showy flowers, prized in gardens worldwide
Clematis · Wildflower
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
A floating white flower of ponds and lakes across Europe and Asia
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Wildflower
Prickly pearOpuntia
Cactus with flat pads and edible fruit, native to the Americas
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Yucca
Dry-climate plants with pointed leaves and clusters of creamy white flowers
🇲🇽 Mexico and 4 more · Wildflower
Centaurea
A large group of thistle-like wildflowers with many forms and colours
Centaurea · Wildflower
PassionflowerPassiflora
A vine with intricate flowers and edible fruits, grown worldwide
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower
Indian fig opuntiaOpuntia ficus-indica
A large, spiny cactus grown for its sweet fruit and edible pads
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Pelargonium
A diverse group of flowering plants often grown as garden and house plants
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
AchioteBixa orellana
Shrub with spiky red pods, source of the natural dye annatto
🇧🇷 Brazil and 9 more · Flowering shrub
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Plumeria: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Forget-me-not: Sedum Tauno Erik, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Primula: No machine-readable author provided. Pokrajac assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pelargonium: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common sage: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Camellia: junichiro aoyama, CC BY 2.0, source
- Aster: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Geranium: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mallow: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 2.5 es, source
- Leontopodium: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hydrangea: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Elder: Willow, CC BY 2.5, source
- Passion fruit: Бутио Такано, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chamomile: Rob Hille, Public domain, source
- Snowdrop: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poppy: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Borage: Jengod, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Salvia: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Poinsettia: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilac: Marisa DeMeglio, CC BY 2.0, source
- Water-lily family: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Horse-chestnut: Stephan van Helden, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peony: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, source
- Black locust: Annabell Hormann / korina.info, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common Ivy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bellflowers: Wilson44691, CC0, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gentian: Dixi at Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sundew: Jan Wieneke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- St John's-wort: fir0002 flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com Canon 20D + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, GFDL 1.2, source
- Nicotiana: Jom / Joachim Müllerchen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Sweet Violet: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Clematis: Jolly Janner, Public domain, source
- Bromeliads: MANOJTV at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- White Water-lily: DerHexer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wild Pansy: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prickly pear: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Achiote: Primejyothi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Passionflower: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lupin: Jean-Claude Echardour [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Centaurea: Taken by Carsten Niehaus ( user:Lumbar )., CC BY-SA 3.0, source