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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Baby's Breath

Baby's Breath

Bunches of complex branches filled with dozens of tiny white florets. Sometimes pink is available but very uncommon.

Bachelor's Buttons

Bachelor's Buttons

With a small, thistle-like appearance, this single flowered stem boasts an intense vibrant blue hue that radiates from the center, outward.

Banksia

Banksia

A dramatic cone-shaped blossom at the top of a woody, leafy stem.

Bay Laurel Branches

Bay laurel branches are woody and often have a reddish-brown hue. They are sturdy and flexible, with smaller branches stemming off from the main stem. The branches bear clusters of leaves along their length. The leaves are elliptical in shape, dark green, glossy, and about 3 to 4 inches in length.  

Beargrass

Long, narrow grasslike leaves up to 3 feet in length. These leaves are tough and leathery with a smooth texture.

Bells of Ireland

Bells of Ireland

Tiny, white flowers surrounded by 1 to 2 inch shell like calyexs (bells) clustered along 24 to 26 inch stems.

Berzelia

Small, rounded flower heads that are borne on slender stems. These flower heads are composed of numerous tiny flowers clustered together.  The foliage consists of small, needle-like leaves that are arranged densely along the stems.

Billy Balls

Billy Balls

Firm, one inch, globe shaped flower heads at the end of long slender stems without foliage.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise flowers are dramatic. They fan out from a boat-shaped sheath at the end of a long, thick, fibrous stalk 24 to 48 inches long. Petals are pointed and 3 to 4 inches long, giving a bird like appearance.

Blackberry - Thornless

Blackberry - Thornless

Firm shiny aggregate fruits, composed of small drupelets, which are incorrectly referred to as berries. These fruits are located in clusters at the end of stems with leaves below.

Blooming Spring Branches

Blooming Spring Branches

A collection of spring blooming branches from trees and shrubs.  Including: Plum, Cherry, Quince, Forsythia, Dogwood, Redbud, Pussy Willow, Apple, Apricot, Almond, Star Magnolia, and Pear.

Blue Lace Flower

Rounded clusters of delicate florets. Very similar in appearance to Queen Anne's Lace.

Blueberry

Blueberry

Shiny green oval-shaped leaves and fruits that develop intermittently along the stems of the plant. The fruits are pale greenish at first, then reddish-purple, and finally uniformly blue when ripe. In the late fall the leaves turn scarlet.

Blushing Bride

 Delicate spindle shaped, papery white bracts surrounding a central fluffy mass of delicate florets.

Boronia

Small waxy bell-shaped flowers in loose clusters along upper stems.

Bouvardia

Small, fragrant, tubular flowers with spreading star-like petals in loose clusters at stem ends.

Boxwood - Oregonia

Small, dense, glossy dark green elliptical to lanceolate leaves that grow densely along sturdy, smooth barked branches.  The leaves of Oregonia have a creamy white variegation.

Bromeliad Blossom

Bromeliad Blossom

A rosette of colorful spiked leaves on the end of a stalk rising from the center of the bromeliad plant.

Brunia

Brunia

A cluster of knobby, green to grayish-brown fruiting heads on a woody stalk above feathery leaves.

Bunny Tail Grass

Fluffy, soft seed heads, which resemble tiny bunny tails at the ends of long slender stems.