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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Poppy Pod

Poppy Pod

Poppy pods are the seed pods of the opium poppy.  The pods are typically oval or round in shape, with a slightly tapered end. 

Poppy-Icelandic

Poppy-Icelandic

Solitary cup-shaped blossoms atop slender, hairy stems. The flowers can be up to three inches wide with petals that are often crinkled and papery in texture, giving them a delicate appearance.

Privet Berry

Privet Berry

Small, round to oval-shaped fruits that grow in clusters along the branches of privet shrubs.

Protea -King-Queen-Pink Mink

Large, round, dramatic flower heads surrounded by colorful bracts at the end of long, woody stems. King Protea flower heads up to 12 inches across on stems 24 to 36 inches long. Queen Protea flower heads 5 to 7 inches across on stems 18 to 24 inches long. Pink Mink flower heads 3 inches across on stems 16 to 24 inches long.

Pincushion Protea

Pincushion Protea

Distinctive dome-shaped flower heads which look like a pincushion filled with pins.   

Queen Anne's Lace

Queen Anne's Lace

Delicate, white compound (lace-like) flower clusters, 3 to 6 inches across.  

Ranunculus

Ranunculus

Small, showy, multi-petaled, bowl-shaped flowers, 1 to 4 inches across. Single and double blossoms on slender delicate stems, 10 to 20 inches long.  

Rice Flower

Rice Flower

Tiny dense clusters of flowers at the tips of the branches. Each tiny flower is star-shaped with five petals.  Each flower head consists of numerous tiny individual flowers arranged in a tight, spherical shape, resembling a puff of cotton. 

Rose Garden

Rose Garden

Garden roses come in various shapes and sizes, ranging from delicate, single-petaled blooms to large, densely packed flowers with many layers of petals.

Rose, Hybrid Tea

Rose, Hybrid Tea

Hybrid Tea roses typically bear large, single blooms on long, straight stems.   The blooms often feature a high center point with spiraling petals that gradually unfurl as the flower matures. The petals are usually pointed and may form a classic "teacup" shape, giving rise to the name "Hybrid Tea."

Rose Spray

Rose Spray

Spray roses are hybrid tea roses with smaller blossoms and multiple a stems, each with a bloom branching out from a center stem. giving the appearance of a cluster or spray.   The small blooms often feature a high center point with spiraling petals that gradually unfurl as the flower matures. 

Rose Sweetheart

The Sweetheart Rose is miniature hybrid tea rose. A single blossom, 1/2 to 1 inch long opening to 2 to 3 inches across on a stem 6 to 15 inches long.  The blooms often feature a high center point with spiraling petals that gradually unfurl as the flower matures.

Rosemary Foliage

The foliage of rosemary consists of slender, needle-shaped leaves 1-2 inches in length arranged oppositely on a woody stem. They grow densely along the branches creating a lush, compact appearance.

Ruscus Foliage - Israeli

The leaves are typically broad, lance-shaped, glossy and shorter compared to Italian Ruscus, usually 1 to 2 inches in length.  The stems are  sturdy and upright, with a slightly woody texture.

Ruscus Foliage- Italian

The leaves are lance-shaped, elongated, and narrow, resembling the shape of a spearhead or lance tip.  They grow densely along long, flexible stems, forming lush, cascading foliage.

A detail image of Carthamus also known as Safflower.

Safflower - Carthamus

Orange and yellow thin petals emerging from a one inch thistle-like green globe.

Salal Foliage

Salal is a compact, bushy shrub with woody stems that grows between 2 to 5 feet tall. The leaves, 2 to 5 inches in length and about 1 to 2 inches in width are leathery and elliptical with a shiny, slightly serrated edge, 

Scabiosa

Scabiosa

Round single flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, with overlapping papery petals.  

Scabiosa Pods

Scabiosa Pods

Scabiosa pods are the dried fruiting structures of the Scabiosa flower. These pods develop after the flower blooms and fades. The small, round, and beautifully textured pods are formed by many small little rounded circles that create a rounded ball shape. 

Snapdragon

Snapdragon

A spiked, terminal raceme with multiple florets. The florets are shaped like little dragon heads, with upper and lower lips which will open when you gently squeeze the sides of the blossom.