8 Prettiest Flowers in the World

Shaped like a bird with fringed wings and a long curved neck, this breathtaking beauty looks like a tiny white egret flitting around a field.

White Egret Orchid

It sits just above the water like a peaceful pink boat, while its stalk and roots reach deep into the mud in the dark waters below.

Sacred Lotus

On this pom-pom-shaped variety, look at how each petal is shaped and placed so uniformly in a near-perfect sphere.

Pompon Dahlia

If you want your flowers to come with a mythological pedigree, the calla lily is said to come from the breast milk of none other than the Greek goddess.

Calla Lily

Sweet Juliet was created by David Austin to feature maxed-out petals and smell like a sweet tea. When he debuted the rose, people fell wildly in love.

Sweet Juliet Rose

Tiny lavender flowers smell amazing, and when you see millions of them in a field—say, in Provence, France—the effect is absolutely sublime.

Lavender

Whoever named this flower got it 100 percent right. It's not often you look at a flower and think "cozy," but the teddy bear sunflower is begging for a cuddle.

Teddy Bear Sunflower

When someone gives you the gift of a lei in Hawaii, it's most likely strung with fragrant frangipani flowers.

Frangipani

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