# Flowers and bedding plants for Dubai

Canonical: https://plantguide.ae/plants/category/flower · Updated: 2026-10-05
Source: Ghaf Gardens (https://plantguide.ae/plants/category/flower)

Colour in Dubai follows the seasons: most bedding annuals go in during the autumn, flower through the winter and are finished by early summer, while a smaller group of heat-loving flowers carries the garden from May to September. Larger flowering plants give longer-lasting colour but still have a peak season. Each plant below shows when it flowers and when to plant it.

More: [See the UAE planting calendar](https://plantguide.ae/calendar.md)

## Flowers (13)

- **Vinca** (vinca) — Catharanthus roseus · flower, adapted · full sun, low water · heat 5 salt 2 drought 4 shade 2 ease 4 · plant/sow May–Jun · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/vinca.md)
- **Portulaca** (portulaca) — Portulaca grandiflora · flower, exotic · full sun, very low water · heat 5 salt 2 drought 5 shade 1 ease 5 · plant/sow Mar–Jun · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/portulaca.md)
- **Petunia** (petunia) — Petunia × atkinsiana · بترونيا · flower, exotic · full sun, moderate water · heat 2 salt 2 drought 2 shade 1 ease 3 · plant/sow Jan–Feb, Sep–Oct · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/petunia.md)
- **Marigold** (marigold) — Tagetes erecta · قطيفة · flower, exotic · full sun, moderate water · heat 3 salt 2 drought 3 shade 1 ease 4 · plant/sow Sep–Oct · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/marigold.md)
- **Zinnia** (zinnia) — Zinnia elegans · زينيا · flower, exotic · full sun, moderate water · heat 4 salt 2 drought 3 shade 1 ease 4 · plant/sow Sep–Oct · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/zinnia.md)
- **Bird of paradise** (bird-of-paradise) — Strelitzia reginae · flower, exotic · sun to part shade, moderate water · heat 4 salt 2 drought 4 shade 3 ease 4 · plant/sow Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/bird-of-paradise.md)
- **Heliconia** (heliconia) — Heliconia psittacorum · flower, exotic · part shade, high water · heat 2 salt 1 drought 1 shade 3 ease 2 · plant/sow Mar–Apr, Sep–Oct · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/heliconia.md)
- **Gazania** (gazania) — Gazania rigens · غازانيا · flower, exotic · full sun, low water · heat 4 salt 3 drought 4 shade 1 ease 4 · plant/sow Oct–Dec · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/gazania.md)
- **Celosia** (celosia) — Celosia argentea · flower, exotic · full sun, moderate water · heat 5 salt 2 drought 3 shade 2 ease 4 · plant/sow Mar–Jun · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/celosia.md)
- **Sunflower** (sunflower) — Helianthus annuus · عباد الشمس · flower, exotic · full sun, moderate water · heat 2 salt 2 drought 3 shade 1 ease 4 · plant/sow Oct–Dec · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/sunflower.md)
- **Snapdragon** (snapdragon) — Antirrhinum majus · flower, exotic · full sun, moderate water · heat 2 salt 2 drought 2 shade 2 ease 3 · plant/sow Oct–Jan · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/snapdragon.md)
- **Dianthus** (dianthus) — Dianthus chinensis · flower, exotic · sun to part shade, moderate water · heat 2 salt 2 drought 3 shade 2 ease 3 · plant/sow Oct–Dec · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/dianthus.md)
- **Cosmos** (cosmos) — Cosmos bipinnatus · flower, exotic · full sun, low water · heat 3 salt 2 drought 4 shade 1 ease 4 · plant/sow Oct–Dec · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/cosmos.md)