Flowers for weddings
Bouquets, garlands exchanged, mandaps, arches and flower girls.
Decoration
Hindu weddingविवाह
The traditional marriage ceremony of Hindus, rich in rituals and floral decoration
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Custom
Decoration
Sehraसेहरा
A forehead garland or veil worn by Indian brides and grooms at weddings
🇮🇳 India · Garland or wreath
Stephanotis
A tropical climber with waxy, fragrant white flowers
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber
Decoration
Phulkariਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ / پھلکاری
Hand-embroidered floral shawls and cloths from Punjab, made by women
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Flower craft
Decoration
Suzani textileسوزن
Embroidered dowry textiles from Central Asia, rich in floral and tribal designs
🇹🇯 Tajikistan and 3 more · Flower craft
Decoration
language of flowers
A way of sending secret messages using flowers and their meanings
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Custom
Decoration
Flower girl
A young girl who scatters petals in a wedding procession
Custom
Decoration
Ukrainian wreathвінок
A flower crown worn by Ukrainian girls and young women for tradition and celebration
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Garland or wreath
Decoration
Valentine's Day
A day for expressing love with cards, flowers, and gifts on February 14
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Custom, February
Calla lilyZantedeschia
Showy funnel-shaped flowers from southern Africa, grown worldwide as ornamentals
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Foxtail orchidRhynchostylis retusa
A long, hanging orchid with many pink-spotted white blooms
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Wildflower
Common rueRuta graveolens
A strong-scented Mediterranean herb with blue-green leaves and yellow flowers
🇱🇹 Lithuania and 8 more · Wildflower
Tahitian gardeniaGardenia taitensis
A fragrant white flower woven into Pacific island garlands and oils
🇹🇴 Tonga and 1 more · Garden flower
Place
Descanso Gardens
A 150-acre botanical garden in La Cañada Flintridge, California
La Cañada Flintridge, 🇺🇸 United States · Botanical garden
Princess treePaulownia tomentosa
A fast-growing tree with large violet-blue flowers and broad leaves
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
Yellow ʻilimaSida fallax
A golden-yellow flower woven into Hawaiian and Pacific Island garlands
🇰🇮 Kiribati and 2 more · Wildflower
Wild Himalayan CherryPrunus cerasoides
A cherry tree with pinkish white blossoms from the Himalayas and Southeast Asia
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Flowering tree
Decoration
Flower preservation
Ways to keep flowers looking fresh long after they are picked
Flower craft
Decoration
Artificial flower
Imitation flowers made from fabric, plastic, paper, clay and other materials
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Arrangement
Poppy anemoneAnemone coronaria
Red, white, or blue Mediterranean flower with a dark crown centre
🇮🇱 Israel and 7 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Perfume
A scented liquid made from oils, flowers, and aromatics for body and space
🇫🇷 France and 6 more · Arrangement
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
Decoration
Persian gardenباغ ایرانی
A walled garden style from Iran with water channels, trees and geometric design
🇮🇷 Iran and 3 more · Garden style
Decoration
Floral industry
The global trade and business of growing, selling, and arranging flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Custom
Decoration
Bouquet
A creative arrangement of flowers, given or displayed for many occasions
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Arrangement
Place
Muttart Conservatory
Four glass pyramids housing global plant biomes in Edmonton
Edmonton, 🇨🇦 Canada · Botanical garden
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
Varamalaवरमाला
A flower garland exchanged by bride and groom in Hindu weddings
🇮🇳 India · Garland or wreath
Decoration
Rangoliरंगोली
Indian floor art made with coloured powders, rice, or petals for festivals and daily welcome
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
Decoration
Ashtamangalaअष्टमङ्गल
A sacred set of eight auspicious symbols in Indian religions
🇮🇳 India and 1 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
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
Papel picado
Mexican folk art banners made by cutting designs into colored tissue paper
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Flower craft
Decoration
Quilling
Decorative art made by rolling and shaping strips of paper
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flower craft
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- 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
- Varamala: Sumita Roy Dutta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rangoli: SreeramKalyan, CC0, source
- Ashtamangala: Redtigerxyz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buta: Thomas Watier, Public domain, source
- Sugar sculpture: kirstenjolanda, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cake decorating: Michael Prudhomme, CakesMadeEasy.com, CC BY 2.5, source
- Papel picado: Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, source
- Quilling: Inna Dorman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hindu wedding: Dinesh Cyanam, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sehra: SynthContibutor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Stephanotis: Lenore Edman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Phulkari: Sheebamadanloewinger, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Suzani textile: Ilhoms, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- language of flowers: Alphonse Mucha, Public domain, source
- Flower girl: lil'bear, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ukrainian wreath: Samuil Dudin (1863-1929), Public domain, source
- Valentine's Day: Upload: Chordboard, Public domain, source
- Calla lily: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Foxtail orchid: Andri Suprihardi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Common rue: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tahitian gardenia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Descanso Gardens: David Liu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Princess tree: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5, source
- Yellow ʻilima: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Wild Himalayan Cherry: Patcharapapats, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flower preservation: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Artificial flower: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Perfume: Takkk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Globe amaranth: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Persian garden: dynamosquito, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Floral industry: Satin66Flower, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Muttart Conservatory: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia, Public domain, source