Flower
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Photo: Reza Ghaderi
Meymand’s flowers and rosewater
Meymand’s unique characteristics in the cultivation of Damask roses and the production of floral waters attract many travelers to this city every year to tour the gardens and buy flowers and floral waters in this season of the year. The ancient event of Golabgiri (making rosewater) in the Meymand district of Firuzabad city of Fars province has been registered in the list of tourism events of the country. Harvesting of Damask roses begins in mid-April and continues until the end of May.
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Photo: Ahmad Riahi Dehkordi
Snakeshead lilies in Kuhrang plain
Fritillaria or snakeshead lily is a rare plant species normally found in mountainous areas of Iran’s Zagros region. With an area of 3,600 hectares, the Kuhrang Plain in central Iran is the largest habitat of the flower which many believe is on the verge of extinction. Tourists visits, picking the flower for plantation in small gardens, trampling, excessive grazing and periods of drought have accelerated the extinction process for snakeshead lily in Kuhrang Plain. However, authorities have imposed restrictions on tourist visits to the site in the past five years, helping to rejuvenate the Plain and leading to new germinations of the plant.
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Photo: Afsaneh Jafari
Iran’s southern daffodil farms
Daffodil farms in Kazerun represent some of the most attractive tourist and natural attractions in southern Iran. The city exports thousands of tons of daffodils to countries in the Persian Gulf each year. Tourists flood the village of Jareh, located to the southwest of the provincial capital of Shiraz, in January when daffodils are harvested.
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Photo: Rahele Hesari
Daffodil harvest in Iran’s Golestan
Daffodil harvest begins in the counties of Minudasht and Azadshahr in Iran’s northern province of Golestan in November and continues until March if weather conditions are preferable.
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Photo: Mehdi Mohebi Pour
Fields of narcissus in Iran
Narcissus is harvested across Iran every year from early December to mid-January. The flower symbolizes longevity, rebirth, and hope in the Iranian literature.