Types of Flowers

Flower Power: Types of Flowers and Plants Anza Borrego Wildflowers Blue Flowers Carnivorous Plants Edible Flowers Flowering Shrubs Flowering Vines Flowers of South Africa Garden Flowers (non-native) Hummingbird Plants Indian Pipes Iris Plants Mountain Flowers Poisonous Flowers Red Flowers Redwood Flowers Rio Grande Valley Flowers Types of Cactus Types of Daisies Types of Lilies Types of Orchids Types of Roses Types of Mushrooms Top Ten Cut Flowers Pictures of Flowers

The types of flowers that mark our days and seasons come in many forms. Their power stems as much from their ability to relay an emotional thought as with their ability to promote healthy soils and beautiful landscapes.

The depth and breadth of the power of flowers also needs to be approached from a point of tempered reality. Just as some flower species add to their beauty by being edible and nutritious, the beauty of other flowers masks their toxicity. They are the flowers meant to be seen but left alone.

Native flowers, those growing as indigenous plants in a particular region, represent the majority of flowers presented here.

Because diversity is a spice of life, the addition of select introduced plants and flowers nicely spices up any corner of the flower world.

In the United States, February marks the traditional start of native flower bloom time, especially in and around the southern areas such as California (Anza Borrego State Park), Florida and Texas.

Flower blooming time then moves north, continuing through the spring and summer, with blooms popping out of the ground along the plains, prairies, vallery and mountains from coast to coast. Come fall, mushrooms take center stage.

Botanists and gardening enthusiasts promote native plants typically, but not always, as low maintenance garden plants, in need of little extraordinary preparation or care. As such, native plants offer organic gardeners excellent flower choices.

Many of the flowers listed in the box make excellent garden flowers. They also add enjoyment to any walk or hike.

Currently the types of flowers listed get arranged according to themes, some by color, others by flower family. The pictures of flowers link at the bottom of the box on the right provides a complete list of the individual species that do not yet fit a particular theme.

© 2009 Patricia A. Michaels