Interested in flowers that start with B? Whether you’re looking for inspiration, trying to organize your flower knowledge, or simply curious, this article is here to help you.
Considering both botanical and common names, flowers that start with ‘B’ include Baby Blue Eyes, Baby’s Breath, Bachelor’s Button, Bag Flower, Balloon Flower, Banksia, Begonia, Bellflower, Bellis, Bergamot, Bird of Paradise, Birthroot, Bishop’s Hat, Black-Eyed Susan, Blanket Flower, Bleeding Heart, Blue Star, and Bugleweed.
If you want to learn more about these flowers, keep reading as we discuss features and facts regarding each plant.
1. Baby Blue Eyes
- Botanical Name: Nemophila menziesii
- Plant Type: Annual
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, winter
- Color(s): blue (dark to light shades), purple (dark to light shades), and white
- Hardiness Zones: 2 to 11
Originating in western North America, Baby Blue Eyes is among 10 other species that belong to the Nemophila genus. It displays a cup-shaped bloom with the classic 5-petal look that everyone knows and loves!
A symbol of success and victory, these delightful wildflowers are the star of the ‘Nemophila Harmony’ show in Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan.
2. Baby’s Breath
- Botanical Name: Gypsophila
- Plant Type: Annual, Perennial
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer
- Color(s): White and pink
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
Baby’s Breath is the common name of the diverse Gypsophila genus of flowering plants that includes around 150 members.
Representing innocence, love, and purity, these flowers are delicate, small, and 5-petaled. They’re very commercially popular due to their use in wedding centerpieces, bridal bouquets, buttonholes, and corsages.
3. Bachelor’s Button
- Botanical Name: Centaurea cyanus
- Plant Type: Annual, Perennial
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer
- Color(s): Blue, purple, yellow, pink, red, and white
- Hardiness Zones: 2 to 11
Also known as basket flower and cornflower, Bachelor’s Button is among the 500 species in the Centaurea genus. The plant features an upright, hairy stem with a flower head at the tip of each stem.
The flowers feature ray florets that resemble petals with disk florets in the center. They’re a symbol of unity and prosperity, which explains why Estonia chose them as their national flower.
4. Bag Flower
- Botanical Name: Clerodendrum
- Plant Type: Perennial, climber, tree, shrub
- Blooming Season(s): Year-round
- Color(s): Pink, red, white, purple, yellow, orange, and cream
- Hardiness Zones: 7 to 11
Also called Glorybower, Bag Flower is the common name of the large genus Clerodendrum with over 300 members.
These flowering plants come in various shapes and sizes, but their flowers are always brightly-colored to represent success and good fortune.
5. Balloon Flower
- Botanical Name: Platycodon grandiflorus
- Plant Type: Perennial, herbaceous
- Blooming Season(s): Summer, fall
- Color(s): purple, blue, white, and pink
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 8
Also known as Chinese Bellflower and Japanese Bellflower, this flower is the only member of the Platycodon genus. It’s called Balloon Flower because the buds look like balloons before they bloom into star-shaped flowers with 5 pointed petals.
6. Banksia
- Botanical Name: Banksia
- Plant Type: Perennial, shrub, tree
- Blooming Season(s): Year-round
- Color(s): Yellow, orange, creamy, red, brown, green, and violet
- Hardiness Zones: 9 to 11
The Banksia genus, also known as the Australian Honeysuckle, includes more than 170 species.
These plants produce unique honey-scented flowers shaped like large cones. Each cone is a group of thousands of tiny flowers emerging from a central axis.
7. Begonia
- Botanical Name: Begonia
- Plant Type: Perennial, annual, bulb
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer, fall
- Color(s): Red, pink, white, orange, and yellow
- Hardiness Zones: 2 to 11
Originating in Africa, Asia, South, and Central America, Begonia is a large genus with over 2,000 species. Their flowers are showy, bright, and delicate with smooth petals that are popular in ornamental applications.
In 1690, Charles Plumier discovered Begonia and named it after Michel Begon, a French ancien regime official.
8. Bellflower
- Botanical Name: Campanula
- Plant Type: Annual, perennial, biennial
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer, fall
- Color(s): Lilac, blue, white, purple, and pink
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
Named after their brilliant bell-shaped flowers, Bellflower plants include between 400 and 500 species in the genus. They’re mainly used as garden ornamentals, but they’re also nutritious as food.
9. Bellis
- Botanical Name: Bellis
- Plant Type: Perennial, annual, herbaceous
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer, fall
- Color(s): white, pink, blue, yellow, lavender, purple, red, and burgundy
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 10
The Bellis genus houses around 10 members, including the iconic Common/English Daisy — the Bellis perennis. The flowers consist of disc florets surrounded by ray florets.
Native to northern Africa and Europe, ‘Bellis’ means ‘beautiful’ in Latin. The flower is a symbol of rebirth and purity.
10. Bergamot
- Botanical Name: Monarda
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Blooming Season(s): Summer, fall
- Color(s): Pink, purple, red, and white
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
Native to North America, Bergamot is known for the distinctive unusual shape of its blooms. The flowers appear to have spikes sticking out from the top with leaf-like bracts surrounding them.
Additionally, Bergamot is widely used in aromatherapy and in medicine for treating acne, anxiety, high cholesterol levels, and more.
11. Bird of Paradise
- Botanical Name: Strelitzia
- Plant Type: Perennial, shrubs
- Blooming Season(s): Year-round
- Color(s): Orange, yellow, red, blue, and purple
- Hardiness Zones: 9 to 11
Also called Crane Flower, plants of the Strelitzia genus possess a striking, exotic flower appearance that closely resembles birds-of-paradise, which explains its common names.
The official flower of Los Angeles, California, Strelitzia and represents joy, freedom, and immortality.
12. Birthroot
- Botanical Name: Trillium
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer
- Color(s): Red, maroon, pink, purple, white, and yellow
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
An epitome of symmetry, these flowers feature 3 petals, 3 sepals, and 3 leaves with each group alternating the others. The name birthroot refers to the plant’s use in stimulating labor.
13. Bishop’s Hat
- Botanical Name: Epimedium
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Blooming Season(s): Year-round
- Color(s): Red, purple, white, pink, orange, yellow, and bi-colored
- Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9
These charming flowers get their name from their unique shape featuring star-shaped petals with a protruding center. They’re also called Horny Goat Weed as a reference to the plant’s powerful aphrodisiac effect.
Additionally, Bishop’s Hat is often seen in traditional Chinese medicine to treat many conditions such as kidney disease, nerve pain, liver disorders, and sexual dysfunction.
14. Black-Eyed Susan
- Botanical Name: Rudbeckia
- Plant Type: Annual, perennial, biennial
- Blooming Season(s): Summer, fall
- Color(s): yellow, orange, and red petals, brown, green, and black central cones
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
With more than 20 species in the genus, Black-Eyed Susans from their typically dark central cones. Their petals are bright and thin, resembling the shape of a daisy.
Native to North America, these flowers are a symbol of motivation.
15. Blanket Flower
- Botanical Name: Gaillardia
- Plant Type: Perennial, annual
- Blooming Season(s): Summer, fall
- Color(s): Red, yellow, orange, brown, purple, and bicolor
- Hardiness Zones: 2 to 10
Easy to grow and care for, these flowers are excellent for adding color to any garden. Their bright shades coupled with their cheerful daisy-like shape (central disk florets surrounded by ray florets) will bring a ray of sunshine to your life.
Their common name is inspired by their resemblance to Native American blankets with their brilliant colors and bold patterns.
16. Bleeding Heart
- Botanical Name: Dicentra
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer
- Color(s): Pink, red, and white.
- Hardiness Zones: 2 to 9
Bleeding Heart refers to the Dicentra genus where flowers look like hearts hanging from stems with “blood droplets” oozing out of the bottom in the shape of 2 spurs.
These beauties are a symbol of love, romance, purity, and sacrifice. They’re native to eastern Asia, particularly Korea and Japan.
17. Blue Star
- Botanical Name: Amsonia tabernaemontana
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer
- Color(s): Blue, white, purple, and pink
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 11
Blue Star is the common name of the Amsonia genus, particularly varieties like Tabernaemontana and Blue Ice. These plants produce lovely star-shaped flowers with 5 pointed petals sitting on a tubular base.
Blue stars look great in cottage gardens, garden beds, and garden borders. Easy to grow and maintain, these flowers can also help you attract hummingbirds and bees.
18. Bugleweed
- Botanical Name: Ajuga
- Plant Type: Perennial, annual
- Blooming Season(s): Spring, summer
- Color(s): Purple, blue, and white
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 10
Bugleweed is the common name for the Ajuga genus. It includes around 70 members of flowering plants, with its most widespread species being Ajuga pyramidalis, Ajuga reptans, and Ajuga genevensis.
Ajuga flowers are small yet pretty with upright stems and evergreen foliage. They represent joy but they can be invasive.
Ajuga plants have been used in medicine to treat nosebleeds, insomnia, anxiety, hormonal disorders, cough, and more.
Wrap Up on Flowers That Start With B
As you can tell by now, there are many gorgeous flowers that start with B. Each one has a unique aspect to offer, so you’re bound to find a flower that fits your taste!
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