Flower Names A to Z

Planning your flower garden can be a big task, given the wide variety of flowers available all with their own temperaments and preferred treatment.

It is important to do your research, but it is also great to get to see what the flower looks like to best plan your garden. This is where our guide to various flowers comes in.

Check out the list of recommended flowers below, by letter, with a link to an article that will give you more info as well as pictures of the various beautiful flowers you can grow in your dream garden!

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Flower Names A to Z

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Flowers That Start With A

  • Apple Mint (Mentha suaveolens)
  • Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
  • Astilbe
  • Adriatic Bellflower (Campanula garganica)
  • Aster (Symphyotrichum)
  • Asian Mint (Mentha canadensis)
  • African Daisy (Osteospermum)
  • Agave
  • Aloe vera
  • Alder Tree (Alnus)
  • Andromeda (Pieris japonica)
  • Annual Mallow (Lavatera trimestris)
  • Arisaema
  • American Beautyberry (Callicarpa Americana)
  • American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
  • Aruncus
  • Angel’s Wings (Caladium bicolor)
  • Anaphalis
  • Aronia
  • Angelica
  • Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia)
  • Agapetes
  • Ajuga
  • Anemone
  • Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus)

Flowers That Start With B

  • Begonia
  • Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
  • Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
  • Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
  • Bee Balm (Monarda)
  • Buttercup Flower (Ranunculus)
  • Bachelor Buttons (Centaurea cyanus)
  • Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila)
  • Butterfly Bush (Buddleja)
  • Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos)
  • Blanket Flower (Gaillardia)
  • Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)v
  • Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
  • Blazing Star (Liatris)
  • Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris)
  • Bells of Ireland (Moluccella laevis)
  • Bighead Knapweed (Centaurea macrocephala)
  • Ball Cactus (Parodia magnifica)
  • Bouvardia
  • Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia)
  • Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis)
  • Bear’s Breeches (Acanthus mollis)
  • Bethlehem Sage (Pulmonaria saccharata)
  • Banksia
  • Big Blue Lilyturf (Liriope muscari)

Flowers That Start With C

  • Cat’s Claw (Ancistrocactus uncinatus)
  • Carnation (Dianthus)
  • California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
  • Cleistocactus (Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus)
  • Calamint (Calamintha nepeta)
  • Cancer Weed (Euphorbia peplus)
  • Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera)
  • Calendula
  • Calla Lily (Zantedeschia)
  • Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile)
  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
  • Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
  • Clematis
  • California Flannel Bush (California fremontia)
  • Candy Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus Wislizenii)
  • Caspia (Limonium)
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Chocolate Flower (Berlandiera lyrata)
  • Carmine Cob (Echinopsis backebergii)
  • Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)
  • Cacao Tree (Theobroma cacao)
  • Chinese Violet Cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
  • Carolina Allspice (Calycanthus floridus)
  • Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
  • Chinese Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Flowers That Start With D

  • Daucus Carota
  • Delphinium
  • Daffodil
  • Davidia Involucrata (Dove Tree)
  • Dandelion
  • Dionysia Aretioides
  • Dianthus
  • Dracaena
  • Dianella
  • Daffodil Garlic
  • Dampiera Linearis
  • Daboecia
  • Decaisnea Fargesii
  • Dactylorhiza Elata
  • Daylily
  • Damask Rose
  • Damasonium Alisma
  • Daisy
  • Dill
  • Danewort
  • Dogwood
  • Drumstick Flower
  • Darmera
  • Darwinia Oxylepis
  • Dendrobium Densiflorum

Flowers That Start With E

  • Eccremocarpus scaber
  • Echium thyrsiflorum
  • Edgeworthia chrysantha
  • Elaeagnus pungens
  • Embothrium coccineum
  • Epidendrum pseudepidendrum
  • Epilobium angustifolium
  • Epimedium grandiflorum
  • Episcia cupreata
  • Eranthis hyemalis
  • Eryngium giganteum
  • Euanthe sanderiana
  • Epiphyllum oxypetalum
  • Eucharis amazonica
  • Eremophila maculata
  • Euphorbia punicea
  • Espeletia schultzii
  • Eriocephalus africanus
  • Erigeron aureus
  • Ear-Leaved Tickseed
  • Eucalyptus caesia
  • Exacum affine
  • Erythrina fusca
  • Eriostemon australasius
  • Echinacea

Flower Names That Start With F

  • Fairy Duster
  • False Indigo
  • Fan Columbine
  • Fan Flower
  • Feathery Cassia
  • Felicia
  • Fern Leaf Yarrow
  • Feverfew
  • Fire Pink
  • Firecracker Flower
  • Fivespot
  • Flannel Flower
  • Flax Flower
  • Floss Flower
  • Foothill Penstemon
  • Forget-Me-Not
  • Forsythia
  • Four O'Clock
  • Foxglove
  • Freesia
  • French Lace
  • French Marigold
  • Frikart's Aster
  • Fritillaria
  • Fumewort
  • Fuschia

Flowers That Start With G

  • Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
  • Galanthus (Snowdrop)
  • Garden Phlox
  • Gardenia
  • Gazania (African Daisy)
  • Gentiana
  • Geranium
  • Gerbera Daisy
  • Geum (Avens)
  • Gladiolus (Sword Lily)
  • Globe Thistle
  • Gloriosa (Flame Lily)
  • Goats Beard
  • Goat’s Rue
  • Godetia
  • Golden Chamomile
  • Golden Knee
  • Goldenrod
  • Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth)
  • Gooseneck Loosestrife
  • Greater Burnet
  • Greek Oregano
  • Grevillea (Spider Flower)
  • Guara (Belleza Guara)
  • Gypsophila (Baby's Breath)

Flowers That Start With H

  • Habranthus (Rain Lily)
  • Half-Flower (Beach Naupaka)
  • Hawthorn
  • Heath
  • Heather
  • Hebe (Showy Speedwell)
  • Helenium (Sneezeweed)
  • Helianthemum (Rock Rose)
  • Heliconia
  • Heliopsis
  • Heliotrope
  • Hellebore
  • Hemp-Agrimony (Holy Rope)
  • Henbane (Stinking Nightshade)
  • Hepatica (Liverwort)
  • Heucherella
  • Hibiscus
  • High Mallow
  • Hoary Vervain (Hoary Verbena)
  • Hollow Root
  • Hollyhock
  • Honesty
  • Honeysuckle
  • Hooded Pitcher Plant
  • Hooker's Orchid Cactus
  • Horned Violet
  • Hosta
  • Hummingbird's Mint (Hyssop)
  • Hyacinth
  • Hyacinthoides (Bluebells)
  • Hydrangea
  • Hypericum (St. John's Wort)

Flowers That Start With I

  • Iberis (Candytuft)
  • Ice Blue Calathea
  • Ice Plant
  • Iceland Poppy
  • Ilex (Holly)
  • Impatiens
  • Incarvillea
  • Inch Plant
  • Indian Blanket
  • Indian Paintbrush
  • Indian Pink
  • Indian Shot
  • Indigo Plant
  • Inula
  • Ipheion uniflorum (Springstar)
  • Ipomoea (Morning Glory)
  • Ipomopsis (Standing Cypress)
  • Iris
  • Ironweed (Little Ironweed)
  • Isatis
  • Isoplexis
  • Italian Aster
  • Ivy
  • Ivyleaf Geranium
  • Ixia
  • Ixiolirion tataricum (Siberian Lily)
  • Ixora

Flowers That Begin With J

  • Jaborosa
  • Jacaranda
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit
  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Jade Vine
  • Jamesia Americana (Waxflower)
  • Japanese Anemone
  • Japanese Cobra Lily
  • Japanese Iris
  • Japanese Kerria
  • Japanese Lantern
  • Japanese Pachysandra
  • Jasione
  • Jasmine
  • Jerusalem Artichoke
  • Jerusalem Sage
  • Jessamine
  • Jewel Orchid
  • Jewelweed
  • Joe Pye Weed
  • Johnny Jump Ups
  • Jonquil (Daffodil)
  • Joseph's Coat
  • Jumbie Bean
  • Justicia (Shrimp Plant)

Flowers That Start With K

  • Kadsura japonica
  • Kaempferia rotunda
  • Kalimeris
  • Kalmia
  • Kalmiopsis
  • Kalopanax
  • Keckiella
  • Kennedia
  • Kedrostis
  • Kerria
  • Kigelia
  • Kingia
  • Knautia macedonica
  • Kirengeshoma
  • Kniphofia
  • Koelreuteria
  • Kohleria
  • Kolkwitzia
  • Kunzea
  • Kleinia
  • Kalanchoe tomentosa
  • Kennedia nigricans
  • Knautia arvensis
  • Kentucky Coffee Tree
  • Koelreuteria bipinnata

Flowers That Start With L

  • Lablab
  • Laburnum
  • Lachenalia
  • Laelia
  • Lagunaria
  • Lagenaria
  • Lamium
  • Lantana
  • Lampranthus
  • Lapageria
  • Lathraea
  • Lathyrus
  • Laurus
  • Lavandula
  • Lavatera
  • Lawsonia
  • Layia
  • Ledebouria
  • Ledum
  • Leiophyllum
  • Lens
  • Leonotis
  • Leptospermum
  • Leucadendron
  • Leucojum

Flowers that Start With M

  • Maackia
  • Macadamia
  • Macfadyena
  • Mackaya
  • Macleania
  • Macleaya
  • Maclura
  • Mint
  • Macrozamia
  • Magnolia
  • Mahonia japonica
  • Maianthemum racemosum
  • Malephora
  • Malosma
  • Malpighia
  • Malus
  • Malva
  • Malvaviscus
  • Mammillaria
  • Mandevilla
  • Mandragora
  • Manettia
  • Mangifera indica
  • Masdevallia
  • Meconopsis

Flowers That Start With N

  • Naranjilla (Lulo)
  • Narcissus (Daffodil)
  • Narrow-leaf Coneflower
  • Narrowleaf Angelon
  • Nasturtium
  • Nectaroscordum (Sicilian Honey Garlic)
  • Nelumbo (Lotus)
  • Nemesia (Cape Jewels)
  • Nemophila (Baby Blue-eyes)
  • Neomarica (Walking Iris)
  • Nepeta (Catnip)
  • Nerine (Guernsey Lily)
  • Nerium (Rose Bay)
  • Nettle-leaved Bellflower
  • Nettle-leaved Mullein
  • New Guinea Impatiens
  • New York Ironweed
  • New Zealand Tea Tree (Manuka)
  • Nierembergia (Cup Flower)
  • Nigella
  • Nippon Daisy
  • Nodding Ladies’ Tresses
  • Nodding Onion
  • Nodding Wakerobin
  • Notocactus
  • Nymphaea (Water Lily)

Flowers That Start With O

  • Obedient Plant
  • Obovate Peony
  • Obregonia (Artichoke Cactus)
  • Ocean Pearls
  • Oconee Bells
  • Oenothera (Evening Primrose)
  • Ohio Spiderwort
  • Old Lady Cactus
  • Oleander Plant
  • Ophrys (Bee Orchid)
  • Opuntia (Prickly Pear Cactus)
  • Orange Blossom (Navel Orange)
  • Orange Coneflower
  • Orange Daylily
  • Orange Stonecrop
  • Orchid
  • Oregon Grape
  • Orienpet Lily
  • Oriental Lily
  • Oriental Poppy
  • Orlaya (White Lace Flower)
  • Ornamental Onion
  • Ornamental Oregano
  • Ornithogalum (Cape Hyacinth)
  • Osteospermum (African Daisy)

Flowers That Start With P

  • Painted Daisy
  • Pansy
  • Paper Daisy
  • Paperbush Plant
  • Paraguay Nightshade (Blue Potato Bush)
  • Parrot’s Beak
  • Pasque Flower
  • Passionflower
  • Peace Lily
  • Pearly Everlasting
  • Pelargonium x hortorum (Zonal Geranium)
  • Penstemon (Bearded Tongue)
  • Peony
  • Peppermint
  • Perennial Cornflower
  • Perennial Flax
  • Perennial Pea
  • Persian Buttercup
  • Peruvian Lily
  • Petunia
  • Phlox
  • Pincushion Flower
  • Pink Turtlehead
  • Poinsettia
  • Poppy
  • Pot Marigold
  • Primrose

Flowers That Start With Q

  • Quadricolor Century Plant
  • Quaker Ladies
  • Quaker’s Bonnet
  • Quaking Grass
  • Quamoclit (Morning Glory)
  • Queen Anne’s Lace
  • Queen Anthurium
  • Queen Lily Ginger
  • Queen of Sheba
  • Queen of the Meadow
  • Queen of the Night
  • Queen of the Prairie
  • Queen Palm
  • Queen Victoria Agave
  • Queensland Firewheel Tree
  • Queensland Umbrella Tree
  • Queen’s Crape Myrtle
  • Queen’s Crown
  • Queen’s Cup
  • Queen’s Tears
  • Queen’s Wreath
  • Quehla Chin Cactus
  • Quesnelia
  • Quisalis indica (Rangoon Creeper)
  • Quince

Flowers That Start With R

  • Rain Lily
  • Rampion Bellflower
  • Ranunculus (Buttercup)
  • Rattlesnake Master
  • Red Campion
  • Red Hot Poker
  • Red Torch Cactus
  • Red Twig Dogwood
  • Red Valerian
  • Redvein Enkianthus
  • Regal Geranium
  • Reticulated Iris
  • Rhododendron
  • Robin's Plantain
  • Rock Cross
  • Rock Rose
  • Rocktrumpet
  • Rocky Mountain Iris
  • Rodgersia
  • Rondeletia
  • Rose
  • Rose Mallow
  • Rosinweed Sunflower
  • Roundleaf Liverleaf
  • Rudbeckia

Flowers That Start With S

  • Saffron
  • Sage
  • Sand Phlox
  • Scarlet Buckeye
  • Scented Geranium
  • Sea Holly
  • Sea Lavender
  • Sea Thrift
  • Shasta Daisy
  • Shining Blue Star
  • Shooting Stars
  • Showy Milkweed
  • Siberian Larkspur
  • Snapdragon
  • Sneezeweed
  • Snow-in-Summer
  • Snowdrop
  • Soapwort
  • Sorrel
  • Speedwell
  • Spider Flower
  • Stonecrop (Sedum)
  • Sundrop
  • Sunflower
  • Sweet Pea

Flowers That Start With T

  • Tacca integrifolia
  • Tabebuia chrysantha
  • Tagetes lemmonii
  • Talinum
  • Tamarindus indica
  • Tamarix ramosissima
  • Tanacetum coccineum
  • Tapeinochilos ananassae
  • Taraxacum officinale
  • Tithonia
  • Tecoma stans
  • Telopea
  • Tecomaria capensis
  • Tecophilaea cyanocrocus
  • Tephrosia
  • Templetonia
  • Telanthophora
  • Theobroma cacao
  • Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
  • Thalictrum delavayi
  • Thevetia thevetioides
  • Thermopsis
  • Thryptomene calycina
  • Thymus
  • Thunia alba

Flowers That Start With U

  • Ugly Fruit Flower
  • Uinta Basin Hookless Cactus
  • Ulex europaeus (Common Gorse)
  • Ulex gallii (Western Gorse)
  • Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse)
  • Umbrella Magnolia
  • Umbrella Plant
  • Umbrella Sedge
  • Unicorn Plant (Devil's Claw)
  • Upright Clematis
  • Upright Prairie Coneflower
  • Upright Virgin's Bower
  • Urceolina amazonica (Amazon Lily)
  • Urginea maritima (Squill)
  • Urn Plant
  • Ursinia (Mountain Marigold)
  • Ursinia calenduliflora (Parachute Daisy)
  • Ursinia chrysanthemoides (Coral Ursinia)
  • Ursinia nana (Yellow Margaret)
  • Ursinia speciosa
  • Utah Agave Flower
  • Utricularia delphinioides (Bladderwort)
  • Utricularia vulgaris (Bladderwort)
  • Uva Ursi
  • Uvularia grandiflora

Flowers That Start With V

  • Viburnum
  • Valerian (Jacob's Ladder)
  • Valeriana officinalis (Garden Valerian)
  • Variable-leaved Sea Holly
  • Venus Looking Glass
  • Verbascum (Beggar's Blanket)
  • Verbena
  • Veronica
  • Veronica incana (Silver Speedwell)
  • Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)
  • Vetch
  • Vetchling (Sweet Pea)
  • Vervain
  • Vinca
  • Viola
  • Violet Churcu
  • Violet
  • Violet Wood Sorrel
  • Viper's Bugloss
  • Virginia Bluebells
  • Virginia Creeper
  • Virginia Spiderwort
  • Virginia Sweetspire
  • Virgin's Bower
  • Vitex angus-castus (Texas Lilac)

Flowers That Start With W

  • Wake-Robin (Birthroot)
  • Wallflower
  • Wandflower
  • Water Avens
  • Waterlily
  • Watsonia (Bulge Lily)
  • Wattle
  • Wax Begonia
  • Wax Plant
  • Wedelia
  • Weigela
  • Whirling Butterflies
  • White Evening Primrose
  • White Trumpet Pitcher Plant
  • Wild Indigo
  • Wild Rose
  • Wild Strawberry
  • Wild Sweet William
  • Wild Violet
  • Willow Bell
  • Willow-leaved Foxglove
  • Willow-leaved Sunflower
  • Willowherb
  • Windflower
  • Winged Monkey Flower
  • Winter Aconite
  • Winter Jasmine
  • Wishbone Flower
  • Woad
  • Wood Sorrel
  • Woolly Violet

Flowers That Start With X

  • x Chirtalpa tashkentensis (Chitalpa)
  • x Fatshedera lizei (Tree Ivy)
  • x Gordlinia grandiflora (Mountain Gordlinia)
  • x Gordlinia grandiflora “Sweet Tea” (Mountain Gordlinia)
  • x Heucherella (Foamy Bells)
  • x Petchoa (Petunia)
  • x Rudbeckia (Echibeckia Summerina)
  • x Solidaster luteus (Solidaster)
  • Xanthisma texanum (Texas Sleepy Daisy)
  • Xanthium strumarium (Cocklebur)
  • Xanthoceras sorbifolium (Yellowhorn)
  • Xanthorhiza simplicissima (Yellowroot)
  • Xanthosoma atrovirens (Mouse Cup Taro)
  • Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Elephant Ear)
  • Xanthosoma “Lime Zinger” (Elephant Ear)
  • Xeranthemum (Everlasting Plant)
  • Xeranthemum annuum (Everlasting Plant)
  • Xeranthemum lumina (Everlasting Plant)
  • Xerochrysum bracteatum (Everlasting Daisy)
  • Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knights Lily)
  • Xerophyllum (Common Beargrass)
  • Xylobium (Orchid)
  • Xylosma (Dense Logwood)
  • Xyris difformis (Yellow-Eyed Grass)
  • Xyris torta (Slender Yellow-Eyed Grass)

Flowers That Start With Y

  • Yama-Shakuyaku (Peony)
  • Yarrow
  • Yellow Archangel
  • Yellow Asphodel (Kings Spear)
  • Yellow Bell
  • Yellow Bells (Esperanza)
  • Yellow Coneflower
  • Yellow Daylily
  • Yellow Flag Iris
  • Yellow Foxglove
  • Yellow Ginger Lily
  • Yellow Hibiscus
  • Yellow Loosestrife
  • Yellow Morning Glory
  • Yellow Oleander
  • Yellow Passionfruit
  • Yellow Pitcher Plant
  • Yellow Poinciana
  • Yellow Rattleshaker
  • Yellow Waxbells
  • Yellow Wild Indigo
  • Yellow Wood Sorrel
  • Yellow-Eyed Grass
  • Yellowroot
  • Yoshino Cherry
  • Young's Helleborine
  • Yucca

Flowers That Start With Z

  • Zabel's Cherry Laurel
  • Zantedeschia aethiopica (Calla Lily)
  • Zantedeschia elliottiana (Golden Calla)
  • Zantedeschia rehmannii (Calla Lily)
  • Zanthoxylum americanum (Prickly Ash)
  • Zanthoxylum simulans (Flatspine Prickly Ash)
  • Zauschneria (Hummingbird’s Trumpet)
  • Zebra Plant
  • Zenobia pulverulenta (Honeycup)
  • Zephyr Flower
  • Zephyranthes (Rainflower)
  • Zephyranthes atamasco (Atamasca Lily)
  • Zephyranthes drummondii (Evening Rain Lily)
  • Zexmenia
  • Zigadenus (Sandbog Death Camas)
  • Zigadenus fremontii (Star Lily)
  • Zigadenus leimanthoides (Pine Barren Death Camas)
  • Zigadenus nuttallii (Nuttall’s Death Camas)
  • Zingiber officinale (Common Ginger)
  • Zinnia angustifolia (Mexican Zinnia)
  • Zinnia elegans (Common Zinnia)
  • Zinnia haageana (Haage Zinnia)
  • Zinnia marylandica (Zinnia)
  • Zygopetalum (Orchid)
  • ZZ Plant

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