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109 real flowers, all of them in the table below. Press the button for one at random — you get what kind of plant it is, where it comes from, when it flowers and the colours it genuinely comes in.

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109 flowers in this list.

All 109 flowers on this list

Flower	Plant type	Native to	Flowers in	Colours
Rose	Shrub	Asia, Europe and North America	Summer into autumn	Red, pink, white, yellow, orange
Tulip	Bulb	Central Asia and Turkey	Spring	Red, yellow, pink, purple, white
Daffodil	Bulb	Western Europe and North Africa	Early spring	Yellow, white, cream
Sunflower	Annual	North America	Summer	Yellow, bronze, deep red
Lavender	Shrub	The Mediterranean	Early to mid summer	Purple, blue, white
Orchid (moth orchid)	Perennial	Southeast Asia and Australia	Any time, for months	White, pink, purple, yellow
Lily	Bulb	The northern hemisphere	Summer	White, orange, pink, yellow
Peony	Perennial	Asia, Europe and western North America	Late spring	Pink, white, red
Chrysanthemum	Perennial	East Asia	Autumn	Yellow, bronze, white, pink, purple
Carnation	Perennial	The Mediterranean	Late spring to summer	Pink, red, white, striped
Marigold	Annual	Mexico and Central America	Summer to first frost	Orange, yellow, red-brown
Petunia	Annual	South America	All summer	Purple, pink, white, red
Geranium (pelargonium)	Perennial	Southern Africa	All summer	Red, pink, white, salmon
Begonia	Perennial	The tropics worldwide	Summer to autumn	Red, pink, orange, white
Pansy	Annual or biennial	Europe and western Asia	Spring and autumn, winter in mild places	Purple, yellow, white, near-black
Violet	Perennial	The northern hemisphere	Early spring	Purple, blue, white
Snapdragon	Annual or short-lived perennial	The Mediterranean	Summer	Pink, yellow, red, white, orange
Foxglove	Biennial	Western Europe	Early summer	Pink, purple, white, cream
Delphinium	Perennial	The northern hemisphere	Early summer	Blue, purple, white, pink
Hollyhock	Biennial	Asia and Europe	Mid to late summer	Pink, red, white, near-black
Lupin	Perennial	The Americas and the Mediterranean	Late spring to early summer	Blue, pink, yellow, white
Iris	Rhizome or bulb	The northern hemisphere	Late spring	Purple, blue, yellow, white
Gladiolus	Corm	Africa, mainly the Cape	Mid to late summer	Red, pink, white, yellow, purple
Freesia	Corm	Southern Africa	Late winter to spring	White, yellow, pink, red
Hyacinth	Bulb	The eastern Mediterranean	Early spring	Blue, purple, pink, white
Crocus	Corm	Europe and western Asia	Very early spring	Purple, yellow, white
Snowdrop	Bulb	Europe	Late winter	White
Bluebell	Bulb	Western Europe	Mid spring	Blue-violet, occasionally white
Anemone	Perennial	The northern hemisphere	Spring or autumn by species	Red, blue, purple, white
Ranunculus	Tuber	Asia, Europe and North Africa	Spring	Pink, orange, yellow, white, red
Dahlia	Tuber	Mexico and Central America	Midsummer to first frost	Almost every colour but true blue
Zinnia	Annual	Mexico and the southwestern USA	Summer to frost	Pink, orange, red, yellow, green
Cosmos	Annual	Mexico	Summer to autumn	Pink, white, crimson, chocolate
Aster	Perennial	Eurasia and North America	Late summer to autumn	Purple, blue, pink, white
Black-eyed Susan	Perennial	North America	Mid to late summer	Yellow with a dark centre
Coneflower (echinacea)	Perennial	Central and eastern North America	Summer	Purple-pink, white, orange
Poppy	Annual or perennial	Eurasia and North Africa	Early summer	Red, orange, pink, white
Cornflower	Annual	Europe	Early to mid summer	Deep blue, pink, white
Forget-me-not	Biennial	Europe and Asia	Spring	Sky blue with a yellow eye
Sweet pea	Annual climber	Sicily and southern Italy	Early to mid summer	Pink, purple, white, red
Nasturtium	Annual	The Andes	Summer to autumn	Orange, red, yellow, cream
Morning glory	Annual climber	Mexico and Central America	Summer	Blue, purple, pink, white
Clematis	Climber	The northern hemisphere	Spring or summer by species	Purple, pink, white, red
Wisteria	Climbing shrub	East Asia and eastern North America	Late spring	Lilac, purple, white, pink
Honeysuckle	Climbing shrub	The northern hemisphere	Early to mid summer	Cream, yellow, pink
Jasmine	Climbing shrub	Asia and Africa	Summer, some in winter	White, yellow
Gardenia	Shrub	Asia and Africa	Summer	White, ageing to cream
Camellia	Shrub	East and Southeast Asia	Late winter to spring	Pink, red, white
Azalea	Shrub	Asia, Europe and North America	Spring	Pink, red, white, orange
Rhododendron	Shrub	Asia, Europe and North America	Late spring	Pink, purple, red, white
Hydrangea	Shrub	Asia and the Americas	Mid to late summer	Blue, pink, white, green
Lilac	Shrub	The Balkans and eastern Europe	Late spring	Lilac, purple, white
Magnolia	Tree or shrub	Asia and the Americas	Early spring, before the leaves	White, pink, purple
Cherry blossom	Tree	East Asia	Early spring	Pale pink, white
Apple blossom	Tree	Central Asia, grown worldwide	Mid spring	White flushed pink
Frangipani (plumeria)	Tree	Central America and the Caribbean	Summer	White, yellow, pink
Bougainvillea	Climbing shrub	South America	Most of the year in warm places	Magenta, orange, white, pink
Hibiscus	Shrub	Warm regions worldwide	Summer, year-round in the tropics	Red, pink, yellow, white
Oleander	Shrub	The Mediterranean and southern Asia	Summer	Pink, white, red
Protea	Shrub	Southern Africa	Winter to spring	Pink, cream, red
Bird of paradise	Perennial	South Africa	Autumn to spring	Orange with blue
Heliconia	Perennial	The American tropics	Most of the year	Red, orange, yellow
Anthurium	Perennial	Central and South America	Year-round indoors	Red, pink, white
Amaryllis (hippeastrum)	Bulb	The American tropics	Winter indoors	Red, white, pink, striped
Poinsettia	Shrub	Mexico	Winter	Red, white, pink bracts
Christmas cactus	Succulent	Coastal Brazil	Early winter	Pink, red, white
Cyclamen	Tuber	The Mediterranean	Autumn to spring	Pink, red, white, purple
Primrose	Perennial	Europe and western Asia	Early spring	Pale yellow, pink, purple
Cowslip	Perennial	Europe and western Asia	Mid spring	Deep yellow
Bleeding heart	Perennial	East Asia	Late spring	Pink and white
Columbine	Perennial	The northern hemisphere	Late spring	Blue, purple, pink, yellow, white
Hellebore	Perennial	Europe and western Asia	Midwinter to early spring	Green, white, pink, plum
Peruvian lily (alstroemeria)	Perennial	South America	Summer	Orange, pink, yellow, white
Gerbera	Perennial	Southern Africa	Summer, year-round under glass	Orange, pink, yellow, red, white
Calendula	Annual	Southern Europe	Summer, long season	Orange, yellow
Sweet william	Biennial	Southern Europe	Early summer	Red, pink, white, bicoloured
Stock (matthiola)	Annual or biennial	The Mediterranean	Late spring	Pink, purple, white, cream
Wallflower	Biennial	Southern Europe	Spring	Orange, yellow, red, purple
Phlox	Perennial	North America	Summer	Pink, purple, white, red
Salvia	Perennial	Worldwide	Summer to autumn	Blue, purple, red, white
Verbena	Perennial	The Americas	Summer to autumn	Purple, pink, red, white
Yarrow	Perennial	The northern hemisphere	Summer	White, yellow, pink, terracotta
Sea holly	Perennial	Europe and Asia	Mid to late summer	Steel blue, silver
Globe thistle	Perennial	Europe and Asia	Mid to late summer	Steel blue
Allium	Bulb	The northern hemisphere	Late spring to early summer	Purple, white, pink
Agapanthus	Perennial	Southern Africa	Mid to late summer	Blue, white
Crocosmia	Corm	Southern Africa	Late summer	Orange, red, yellow
Canna	Rhizome	The American tropics	Summer to autumn	Red, orange, yellow
Lily of the valley	Rhizome	The northern hemisphere	Late spring	White, rarely pink
Lotus	Aquatic perennial	Asia and Australia	Summer	Pink, white
Water lily	Aquatic perennial	Worldwide	Summer	White, pink, yellow, blue
Passionflower	Climber	The Americas	Summer	Purple and white, blue, red
Fuchsia	Shrub	Central and South America, New Zealand	Summer to autumn	Pink and purple, red, white
Impatiens	Annual	Africa and Asia	All summer, shade	Pink, red, white, orange
Lobelia	Annual or perennial	Worldwide	Summer	Blue, purple, white, red
Alyssum	Annual	The Mediterranean	Summer, long season	White, purple, pink
Nigella (love-in-a-mist)	Annual	Southern Europe and North Africa	Early summer	Blue, white, pink
Larkspur	Annual	Europe	Early summer	Blue, pink, white, purple
Statice	Perennial	The Mediterranean	Summer	Purple, blue, yellow, white
Strawflower	Annual	Australia	Summer to autumn	Yellow, orange, pink, white
Sweet violet	Perennial	Europe and Asia	Late winter to early spring	Violet, white
Edelweiss	Perennial	The Alps and the Carpathians	Midsummer	Woolly white
Gentian	Perennial	Mountains of the northern hemisphere	Summer	Intense blue
Saffron crocus	Corm	Greece and southwest Asia	Autumn	Lilac with red stigmas
Marguerite daisy	Perennial	The Canary Islands	Spring to autumn	White with yellow, pink
Ox-eye daisy	Perennial	Europe and Asia	Early summer	White with yellow
Dandelion	Perennial	Eurasia, now worldwide	Spring, and again in autumn	Yellow
Buttercup	Perennial	The northern hemisphere	Late spring	Glossy yellow
Clover	Perennial	Europe and Asia, now worldwide	Summer	White, pink, red

Seasons are for the temperate northern hemisphere; in the southern hemisphere shift them by six months, and in the tropics many of these flower for far longer or all year. Colours are the ones the plant actually produces, including what breeders have achieved — not colours that only exist in dyed cut flowers.

How this list was built

Dyed flowers are not colours. Blue roses and rainbow chrysanthemums in shops are white flowers that drank dye or were sprayed. The colour column lists what the plant can actually make, which is why the dahlia entry says “almost every colour but true blue” — a true blue dahlia has been chased for two centuries and has never been bred.

Where a name covers many species, the entry says which sort. There are around 25,000 orchid species, so the entry is the moth orchid, the one people actually own. The same for pelargonium, which everyone calls a geranium and which is not the hardy geranium of the garden border.

Flowering time is a season, not a date. The same plant flowers weeks apart between southern Spain and Scotland, and half a year apart between hemispheres. Any page giving you a month for a flower is guessing about where you live.

Native range, not where it is grown. Tulips are Central Asian, not Dutch; the Netherlands is where the trade is. Dahlias, marigolds and zinnias are Mexican. Knowing the origin tells you what conditions the plant actually wants, which a national association does not.

Sources. Plant types, native ranges, flowering seasons and colour ranges follow standard horticultural reference. Where a common name covers a large genus, the entry names the species or group that people usually mean by it.

Common questions

How many flowers does this pick from?

109, covering bulbs, annuals, perennials, shrubs, climbers and a few trees and water plants. All of them are in the table on this page.

Can I use this to choose what to plant?

It is a starting point. Each pick tells you the plant type, where it originates and when it flowers, which is enough to judge whether it suits your garden — but check hardiness for your own area before buying.

Why is there no blue rose or blue dahlia?

Because neither exists as a bred flower. Both are famous precisely because breeders have failed to produce them; what you see in shops is dyed or genetically modified and near-lilac.

Does it work for a name, a tattoo or a drawing prompt?

Yes. Because each pick comes with the season and the real colour range, you get enough to work from without looking the flower up separately.

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