In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, the U.S. Botanic Garden will bloom with the flowers each U.S. state and territory has chosen as their official flower. 

Explore the display throughout the Garden that will showcase the state and territory flowers with living plants, artistic displays, botanical illustrations, and herbarium specimens. 

From fragrant magnolia flowers and roses to native orchids, bluebonnets, and saguaro cactus flowers, enjoy the variety of floral beauty that symbolizes America.  

In addition to the living plants, a stunning artistic display features all of the official flowers made in intricate detail out of paper by botanical artist Emily Paluska. Her work has been featured in programs at the U.S. Botanic Garden and Smithsonian, in HGTV magazine, and more. The custom creations recreate the beauty of these state icons.

You can also see what the plants and flowers look like in pressed form in a book showing recreations of herbarium reference collections from across the U.S.

Associated educational programs will be offered throughout the run, including workshops by botanical paper artist Emily Paluska, drop-in demonstrations, online talks, and more. Find upcoming programs at www.USBG.gov/Programs.

Additionally, visitors are invited to delight in the historic 30-foot-tall, 1876 “Fountain of Light and Water” in our Bartholdi Gardens, turning 150 this year. It was created for an expo celebrating America’s 100th anniversary by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the same artist that made the Statue of Liberty.

The U.S. Botanic Garden is open 10 am – 5 pm daily, free of charge, and no tickets are required. Plan your visit at www.USBG.gov/Visit
 

Learn stories about the state flowers as we feature each one in our blog!

Find your official flower in the Garden

Use this interactive map to find where each state flower is showcased in the Garden. You can click the icon in the map's top right (four corners of an open box) to make the map full screen and even more interactive.

 

The official flowers of all U.S. states and territories:

Text: America's State Flowers - An America250 Celebration with images of colorful flowers
Text: America's State Flowers - An America250 Celebration with images of colorful flowers
map of the united states botanic garden with location markers showing where all state flower displays are located
map of the united states botanic garden with location markers showing where all state flower displays are located
More than two dozen deep orange open-faced flowers under a blue sky dozens of creamy-white dogwood blooms, each with four bracts that look like flower pets and a clusterer of small green-yellow true flowers in the middle a large cream-white flower with dark green leaves surrounding Columnar Deep blue flowers grow on short, light green plants in a garden Artist-created flowers made from paper include a yellow sunflower, red rose, red carnation, and dozens more