Resources - Flower Library

Welcome to our Flower Library. In these pages you will find over 134 of the most common florist flowers and foliages used in floral design. We have pictured and detailed the common and botanical names of each flower along with it's seasonal availability and colors. You may search for a flower by name or by image. For each flower we have detailed the care and conditioning methods, storage temperatures, design notes and problems specific to each flower. Also included in these pages are interesting facts about each flower including the country or region of origin, how the flower came to named, and historical notes about the flower.

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Flannel Flower

Flannel flowers typically have small blooms with a woolly or flannel-like texture, which gives them their name. The flowers are composed of multiple tiny florets arranged in a clustered formation, resembling a daisy or a small sunflower.

Flax Foliage

Flax Foliage

Long, slender leaves up to 36 inches in length pointed at the ends and often multicolored. The leaves are flexible, smooth and glossy, with a slightly waxy texture.

Forget-Me-Not

Blossoms typically have five small petals arranged in a symmetrical, star-like shape. The flowers are quite small, typically measuring around 1 centimeter in diameter.

Foxglove - Digitalis

Foxglove - Digitalis

Tubular or bell-shaped flowers, often described as glove-like, which is the inspiration for the name "foxglove." Flowers grow in a dense, elongated cluster that can be up to 4 feet long. Each cluster can contain dozens of individual flowers.

Freesia

Freesia

Curved spikes of fragrant, trumpet-shaped florets 1 to 2 inches long born on one side of a slender stem. 5-8 flowers per one sided stem. 


Fritillaria

Fritillaria

Fritillaria blossoms are bell-shaped or nodding, often pendant or drooping,  They have six tepals (petals and sepals that look alike), which may be reflexed or spreading.

Galax Foliage

Galax Foliage

Rounded, heart-shaped, leathery leaves 2 to 3 inches in diameter on short woody stems 3 to five inches long. The leaves are a rich, glossy green with a slightly serrated edge.

Gardenia

Gardenia

Highly fragrant, multi-petaled waxy flowers.  

Geranium

Geranium blossoms usually have five petals, though some varieties may have more. The petals can be rounded or slightly heart-shaped, often overlapping slightly to form a symmetrical, star-like or saucer-shaped flower. The flowers are usually borne in clusters, with multiple blooms emerging from a single stem. Most flowers range between 1 to 3 inches in diameter.

Gerbera

Gerbera

Daisy-shaped flowers 2 to 5 inches in diameter on long, hollow, leafless stems 12 to 18 inches long. Single, double and multi-petaled varieties are available.   

Geum

Small delicate flowers with five petals and a central cluster of stamens located at the ends of upright stems The flowers are usually single or semi-double.

Gladiolus

Gladiolus

A thick stem with multiple blossoms located on one side of the stem. Blossoms may be plain, fringed or ruffled and forms may vary from trumpet shaped to rosebud-like to tulip shaped.

Globe Centaurea

Globe Centaurea

Large, globe-shaped, thistle-like heads that are bright yellow. Each flower head can be up to 4 inches in diameter, surrounded by spiny, bristly bracts.

Gloriosa

Gloriosa

The Gloriosa is a very beautiful and wonderfully unusual blossom with long curled petals that reflex 180 degrees. The gloriosa plant is a climbing vine and a member of the lily family.

Gomphrena - Globe Amaranth

Round, clover-like flower heads that look like small globes. Each blossom is 1 to 2 inches wide and grows at the tips of the stems. The plant itself is upright and bushy, with multiple stems branching out.

Green Trick Dianthus

Green Trick Dianthus

Dense, ball-shaped clusters of vibrant green florets. These florets are tightly packed together create a fluffy, almost moss-like texture, resembling a small green pom-pom or ball.

Grevillea

Grevillea

Grevillea flowers are long and slender with colorful, protruding stamens.  The flowers consist of clusters of small individual flowers arranged along a central stem. The foliage consists of slender, lobed leaves on woody stems. 

Heather

Heather

Woody stems with small close leaves and feathery spikes of tiny bell shaped flowers. 

Helecho - Southern Shield Fern

Long arching fronds that can reach up to 3 feet in length. The fronds are composed of multiple lance-shaped leaflets arranged along a central stem. The leaflets are pinnately compound, meaning they are divided into smaller leaflets along the central axis of the frond.