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Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra
A vigorous thorny South American climber whose papery, vividly coloured bracts cover walls and pergolas in every warm city of the world.
Below are flowers that contain the letter G anywhere in the name. Each of the 10 flowers below opens to a full profile.
List of Flowers That Contain G
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Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea petiolaris
A self-clinging deciduous climber from East Asia whose flat lacy white flower heads cover north-facing walls without need for support.
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Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis sylvatica
A small clear-blue wildflower of streamsides and woodland margins whose name and tiny yellow eye have made it the universal emblem of remembrance.
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Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
A tall biennial spike of speckled tubular flowers that lines hedgerows and gives medicine its most important heart drug, digitalis.
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Gerbera
Gerbera jamesonii
A South African daisy whose pure saturated colours and clean flower form make it one of the world's five most-traded cut flowers.
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Gladiolus
Gladiolus grandiflorus
A tall corm-grown summer flower with sword-shaped leaves and a one-sided spike of trumpet flowers in nearly every saturated colour.
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Magnolia
Magnolia × soulangeana
An ancient genus of flowering trees whose huge waxy goblet flowers predate bees and were pollinated by the earliest beetles a hundred million years ago.
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Marigold
Tagetes erecta
A vivid orange or yellow Mexican annual whose pungent foliage and abundant blooms make it a fixture of summer borders, vegetable companion plantings, and Hindu festivals.
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Morning Glory
Ipomoea purpurea
A fast-growing tropical climber whose sky-blue trumpet flowers open at dawn and close by noon, twining through any support in their reach.
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Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
A short-lived Mediterranean perennial whose hinged tubular flowers snap open when squeezed, beloved of bumblebees strong enough to force entry.
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