How to Draw House Plants: 36 Step-by-Step Drawing Tutorials

The bird of paradise flower is named for the resemblance of its pointed petals to the feathers of a majestic bird. Does it look like a bird's head with a crown of feathers to you?

Violets have five petals that seem to hang at an odd angle from the base of the bloom. The leaves are heart-shaped and have jagged edges and deep veins.

The petals of an iris are arranged in a unique configuration. Some stand erect while others hang down. The petals face outward in different directions. Before the bloom opens, the petals are tightly coiled into a spear.

This flower pot is vibrantly decorated with wavy lines and polka dots. The flower itself resembles a hibiscus - large petals surrounding long anthers and stamens.

Camellias have many petals in a configuration similar to a rose. The leaves are also similar to those of a rose, pointed and with serrated edges

The bloom of a calla lily consists primarily of a single petal coiled around the flower's center. The leaves are narrow like blades of grass.

Holly is an evergreen shrub known for its pointed leaves. Hollies also produce red berries that contrast with the deep green leaves. They are a common component of winter holiday decorations.

Snapdragons consist of many separate blooms clustered around a spearlike stem. They are named because the blossoms resemble the mouth of a dragon - they will even open and close when squeezed at their base.

Azaleas are flowering bushes. You won't be drawing the entire bush here, though. This is one sprig of the azalea bush with five of its star-shaped flowers.

Tuberoses are not shaped like traditional roses. They are trumpet-shaped flowers with six petals, and many of them are set around a spearlike stem.

The exotic blossom is floating on a lily pad. It sets a similar scene reminiscent of Claude Monet's most famous painting.

Tulips like these make a great houseplant in early spring, but they can also be planted in the ground. Add them to your collection.

Asters are daisies. They have fuzzy centers surrounded by many narrow petals in a recognizable teardrop shape.

The hibiscus is a tropical flower that conjures visions of Hawaii and other vacation destinations. It has large petals and a long, prominent pistil in the center.

Like many of the flowers on this list, marigolds have layers and layers of small petals. Theirs are especially wavy. Their leaves are narrow and spiky.

Morning glories use their delicate, spiral-shaped tendrils to climb fences and other structures. The trumpet-shaped flowers open into moonlike circles with stripes near the centers.

Heliconia is also called lobster claws because of the pincherlike shape of the petals lining the stem. These tropical flowers resemble the bird of paradise flowers on the list above.

Fresia flowers have two layers of three petals each. The flowers grow in a line along a stem and open one at a time, so this one has as many unopened buds as it does flowers.

Bamboo may look like a tree, but it is actually the world's largest type of grass. Draw the jointed canes and the sprigs of leaves growing from them.

Here is another multi-petaled flower for your collection. The petals of carnations have crinkly edges. The leaves growing along the stem are sharply pointed.

Ranunculus blooms are made up of many layers of petals. These are so thick that the blooms take on a rounded shape.

Lavender is a narrow-leafed herm also known for its spires of purple flowers. Here, you can see the layers of blooms surrounding the stems.

Sweet peas are climbing vines with curling, spiral-shaped tendrils. The flowers open like a book into several nebulous layers.

Peonies are large, many-petaled flowers. They somewhat resemble a rose, but the blooms themselves are much wider. Can you draw an entire bush of peonies?

You won't forget how to draw these classic star-shaped flowers. Forget me nots have a hollow, daisy-shaped center surrounded by five petals.

Lily of the Valley consists of many small, bell-shaped flowers that hang downward from the stem. The plants also have large leaves.

Start your own herb garden when you draw the lavender above and this sprig of rosemary. This herb has woody stems and many slender leaves with rounded tips.

Moth orchids like this one are a favorite exotic houseplant. The pointed and fleshy petals at the center resemble a lion's nose, fangs, and tongue. They are surrounded by a mane of larger petals.

Poinsettias are often associated with winter holidays, but they actually grow in tropical locations such as Hawaii. The "petals" are actually specialized leaves.

Lilies are familiar garden flowers with a tropical flair. The large petals are speckled and they surround a bunch of long stamens with prominent anthers.

Petunias are trumpet-shaped flowers similar in appearance to the morning glories above. They likewise have different colors at their centers.

Zinnias may have more petals than any of the other petals on this list. The rounded, "U" shaped petals form a round, mounded blossom.

Geranium flowers grow in bunches. A spray of the five-petaled flowers grows from the same stem. At the base of the flower sprays are rounded, lobed leaves.

Daisies are a classic flower. They have round, button-like centers surrounded by long, narrow petals like the rays of the sun.

Cosmos are somewhat daisy-like in the way their petals surround their centers, but they also have a dished shape. Their leaves are twiggy, resembling fractals.

Bleeding hears are named for the shape of their flowers. As the heart-shaped flowers split from their bottom point, they seem to be dripping a droplet of heart's blood. But that's just a petal, too.