270 Free Artworks of Vintage Perennial Flower Illustration

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Peony (Paeonia spp.). Theatrum Florae by Daniel Rabels (1623-1627)

Gloxinia tubiflora. Herbier général de l’amateur. Deuxième Série, vol. 3 (1839-50)

Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

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Anemone palmata var. alba. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 22- (1882)

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Hellebores. Helleborus spp. (1879)

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Hepatica, liverwort, kidneywort, pennywort. Anemone hepatica. Late winter, and spring flowering perennial. Grows in deep shade, or full sun. Heavy or sandy soils. Needs moisture and winter snow cover. Herbier general de l'Amateur, vol. 1 (1816)

Evening Star (1821)

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Blue flowered milkweed. Tweedia caerulea. Beautiful, star-shaped, true blue flowers on small, twining perennial to 3 feet tall. Herbier General de l'Amateur, tome.2 (1841)

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Butterfly Weed (1868)

A group of Potentillas (1879)

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European peony by P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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Blue-eyed Mary. Omphalodes verna (1891).

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Great Globe Thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus) and Alpine Eryngo (Eryngium alpinum). The new botanic garden (1812)

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Large Flowered Gentian (Gentiana acaulis) and Dingy-flowered Glycine (Kennedia rubicunda as Glycine rubicunda). The new botanic garden (1812)

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Cupid's bower, magic flower. Achimenes longiflora. Perennial plants produce 2 inch, violet-blue flowers summer to fall. Deep green leaves, marked red underneath. Transactions of the royal horticultural society of London, (1842) [S.A. Drake]

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Everlasting pea, perennial sweet pea. Lathyrus latifolius. Choix des plus belles fleurs -et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté. (1833)

Musquia [Musschia aurea, as Campanula aurea] By P.J. Redouté (1804).

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Showy Pink Oregano. Origanum sipyleum.

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Bear's Breeches by Johannes Simon Holtzbecher (1659)

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Falling Stars (1847)

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Scented Flag.

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Leopard Plant (Farfugium japonicum). Gartenflora, vol. 8 (1859)

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Double Mix Petunia. Gartenflora, vol. 8 (1859)

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Border of perennial flowers. Flower grouping in English, Scotch & Irish gardens, notes & 56 sketches in colour, by Margaret Waterfield (1907)

Nettle leaved Campanula (Campanula rupunculoides), Yellow Hawkweed (Crepis foetida as Crepis barbata), and Small Blue Convolvulus (Convolvulus tricolor). The new botanic garden (1812)

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Poppy anemones. Anemone coronaria hort. Illustration by P. J. Redouté.

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Anemone scaboisa (as Anemone japonica)

Armenian Cranesbill. Geranium psilostemon. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches: vol. 11 (1877).

Stemless gentian. Gentiana acaulis. Perennial flower with Intense blue blooms on low growing, evergreen plants. Flowers in late spring and summer. Native to central and southern Europe. Usually found at high elevations. By P.J. Redoute (1827)

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Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos). A guide to the wild flowers, by Alice Lounsberry (1899)

Commelina (1805-1816)

Blue Anemone. Anemone apennina. Early spring blue flowers above fern-like foliage. Perennial. (1894)

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Stately Silphium, prairie dock. Silphium terebinthinaceum. Perennial plants form green buds which unfold into large, yellow, attractive flowers. Grows up to 9 feet tall, with leaves 18 inches long and 1 foot wide. The American flora, volume 4 (1855)

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Potentilla hort. cv. striata formosissima. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 7 (1852)

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Painted Daisy (Tanacetum coccineum). Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 9: 155 t. 917 (1853)

Peony flowers (1843)

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Lobelia hort. cv. lowii. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [J.T. Hart]

Turk's Cap Lily (1805-1816)

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Roses and anemones by P.J. Redouté

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Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Clove Pink, Gilliflower (Dianthus caryophyllus), and Crowfoot (Ranunculus acris) [1838]

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Star of Bethlehem, sun star. Endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa.

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Calceolaria youngii. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [J.T. Hart]

2Zygopetalum maculatum. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [M. Hart]

Calceolaria dentata. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [J.T. Hart]

Calceolaria arachnoidea. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) {M. Hart]

Ranunculus creticus L. var. macrophyllus. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831)

Salvia rhombifolia. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [M. Hart]

Vernonia axilliflora. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [S.A. Drake]

Osbeckia nepalensis. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [J.T. Hart]

Salvia dorrii. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [M. Hart]

Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora with Black-Billed Cuckoo. Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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German iris (1805-1816)

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Oriental Poppy and Virginia Bluebells (1812)

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Blanket Flower. Gaillardia aristata. [as Galardia rustica Cass.] Choix des plus belles fleurs -et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté. (1833)

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Lobelia hort. cv. lowii. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 17 (1831) [J.T. Hart]

Single (yellow) dahlia by P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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Red currant. Ribes rubra. By P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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The Golden Bulbophyllum. Bulbophyllum auratum. Long, purple inflorescence carries an umbel of fragrant flowers. Grows on mangrove trees in southeast Asia. Illustration by Sarah Ann Drake (1843)

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Buttonwillow. (Cephalanthus occidentalis). A riparian shrub native to the western US with clusters of fluffy pincushion white flowers. A guide to the wild flowers, by Alice Lounsberry (1899)

Silky Camellia, Stuartia malachodendron with Carolina Turtle Dove. Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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Uraguay river mimosa. Mimosa uruguensis. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 28: t. 33 (1842) [S.A. Drake]

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Bird of Paradise (1805-1816)

Sun Star. Ornithogalum dubium {as O. aureum] Bulbous perennial endemic to South Africa. Blooms in winter and early spring. The Latin name "dubium" denotes it is unlike others in the genus. The Botanical Cabinet vol. 12 (1826).

Perennial sunflower and Creeping-rooted Hedysarum (1806)

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Lavender mountain lily, Iily-of-the-Altai. Ixiolirion tataricum. Dark violet to light blue flowers from late spring to mid summer. Bulbous perennial native from Russia to Afghanistan. Illustration by Sarah Ann Drake (1844)

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Perennial sunflower (Helianthus multiflorus) and Creeping-rooted Hedysarum, Alpine French honeysuckle. (Hedysarum hedysaroides, as Hedysarum obscurum). The new botanic garden (1812)

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Jasmine, fragrant flowering vine. Études de fleurs et de fruits, par Madame Vincent. (1820)

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The true Pompone Lily. Fragrant, scarlet Turk's cap lilies in spring (1881).

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Santa Marta, Pitajaya De Cerro. Disocactus speciosus. Long, thin stems with large vermilion colored flowers (1842) [S.A. Drake]

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Yellow Sweet Flag Iris (1805-1816)

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Turtlehead. Chelone obliqua.

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Mexican Lupine, Lupine. (Lupinus perennis). The American flora vol. 3 (1855)

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Papaya (Carica papaya), Scoth grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) and sawa millet (Echinochloa colona). By G.D. Ehret (1748-1759)

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Camellia hort. Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1855)

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Iris kaempferii var. De Vriese. Witte, H., Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen (1868) [A.J. Wendel]

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Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans), Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), and Caraway (Carum carvi).

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The aromatic Mormodes. Mormodes aromatica. Inflorescence to 13 inches long carries up to 15 fragrant flowers. Grows at high elevations in Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras.

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Pineapple lily. Eucomis regia. Bulbous perennnial from South Africa. Forms basal rosettes of leaves with thick stems covered in chartreuse, star shaped flowers. Redouté, P.J., (1807)

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Frangipani, red jasmine. Plumeria rubra. By G.D. Ehret (1749)

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Belladonna Lily, Naked Lady, Amaryllis belladonna. Native to the Cape Province in South Africa

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Poppy anemone. Anemone coronaria var. hort. Illustration by P. Bessa, (1817-1827).

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White bryony. Bryonia dioica [as Bryonia aspera sive alba baccis rubris] Perennial climbing vine w/ white or blue flowers, and red berry-like fruits.

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Dinosaur Food. Gunnera tinctoria (as Gunnera chilensis) Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen, Witte, H. (1868) [A.J. Wendel]

Pink sand verbena (Abronia umbellata), and Caulinia exima [as Kennedya eximia] Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants [J. Paxton], vol. 16: p. 36 (1839) [S. Holden]

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Orange Robin. Lychnis coronata [as Lychnis grandiflora] Perennial 12-18 inches tall, with Ffowers from May through early summer. Choix des plus belles Find fleurs -et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté. (1833)

Bugle (Ajuga reptans), Bugloss (Anchusa officinalis), Burnet Saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga ), and Calamint (Clinopodium nepeta subsp. glandulosum).

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Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Clove Pink, Gilliflower (Dianthus caryophyllus), and Crowfoot (Ranunculus acris).

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Common Celandine (Chelidonium majus), Centaury (Centaurium erythraea), Cummin (Cuminum cyminum), and Cleavers, Goosegrass (Galium aparine).

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Heliconia indica. A striking foliage plant to 12 feet tall. Flowers pollinated by bats and hummingbirds. Native to many islands in the South Pacific (1880)

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Varieties de Rose juane et de Rose du Bengale, Rosa lutea & Rosa indica. By P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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Bats in the belfry (Campanula trachelium)

Madonna Lily (1800)

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Horned violet (Viola cornuta)

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Verbascums

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American Globe Flower & Greater Nasturtium (1812)

Cattleya grandis [as Laelia grandis]. Yellow and bronze, ruffled petals. White lip is striped purple. Lives in top branches of very tall trees (80 feet+). This ensures plants get plenty of sun. Native to Brazil.

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European peony by P.J. Redouté (1833)

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Burning Bush, Gas plant. Dictamnus albus [as Dictamnus fraxinella] Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen, Witte, H. (1868) [A.J. Wendel]

Blue dawn flower, Oceanblue Morning glory, Perennial Morning glory. Botanical Register, vol. 1 (1815) [S. Edwards]

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Madonna Lily. Lilium candidum. Choix des plus belles fleurs -et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté. (1833)

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