Here’s a list of flower names that begin with the letter A. With an emphasis on common and easy to grow types:
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Aconitum
Aconitum is commonly known as Wolf’s bane. However, this flower has several other names. These include aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, leopard’s bane, mousebane, women’s bane, devil’s helmet, queen of poisons, and blue rocket.
African Daisy
African daisy is a perennial with vivid coloring that blooms just two months after planting. The colors of the flower vary from purple, pink, yellow, orange, white, and even bicolor.
Gazania
Agapanthus
Other flower names include the Star of Bethlehem and Lily of the Nile. Most Agapanthus thrive in full sun and require about 6-8 hours of sun per day.
Ageratum Houstonianum
These types of flowers also go by the names flossflower, bluemink, blueweed, pussy foot or Mexican paintbrush.
Alchemilla
These types of flowers are also commonly known as lady’s mantles.
Allium Roseum
Allium roseum, commonly called rosy garlic, is an edible, Old World species of wild garlic.
Alstroemeria
These kinds of flowers are also referred to as Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas. Alstroemeria is known for their bright yellow flowers.
Alyssum
Also known as the Sweet Alyssum. It is a colorful carpet of tiny flowers that blankets your garden or landscape. It produces white flowers, pink flowers, or purple flowers.
Amaranthus
More commonly known as the Prince’s Feather. Amaranthus produces long stalks of clustered red flowers.
Amaryllis
These types of garden flowers look similar to lilies and this particular type of flower is smaller than other varieties of amaryllis and has petals that are red and white.
Anemone
Anemone is also called the ‘windflower’.
Angelonia
They are also known as Summer Snapdragon.
Anthurium
Many species of Anthurium can be grown as houseplants, or outdoors in mild climates in shady spots. These types of flowers are also called Laceleaf.
Antirrhinum Majus
Also known as the flamingo flower. But, in some regions, it goes by the name Snapdragon or dragon flowers.
Aquilegia
These flower species are also known as Columbine or Granny’s Bonnet. Many columbines have gray-blue or blue-green foliage.
Asclepias Syriaca
These species of flowers are also commonly referred to as the common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed.
Aster
Aster flowers are food plants for many caterpillars. More so from the Lepidoptera species than any other.
Astilbe
Some of these flower’s subspecies go by the common names false goat’s beard and false spirea.
Astrantia
Also known as Masterworts.
Aubreita Deltoidea
Common names include lilacbush, purple rock cress, and rainbow rock cress.
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