Flower



Flowers are naturally occurring plants that spawn randomly in clusters on grass blocks. While they can be planted on grass, farmland, podzol and dirt blocks, flowers cannot be cultivated like trees, sugar cane, or crops, but can occasionally spawn when bone meal is used to generate patches of grass. Flowers can be used to make dyes.

To survive, flowers must be planted on a grass or dirt block that either does not have a block any altitude above it to obstruct sun/moonlight, or is lit with at least a light level of 8. If neither of these conditions exist, the flower will quickly pop out. This attribute allows flowers to be used in the creation of light-sensitive mechanisms.

Even in a biome covered with snow, flowers will generate naturally on dirt blocks with grass, despite the adjoining dirt blocks being covered with snow.

Farming
To farm flowers, players need to apply bone meal on a grass block that either does not have any block above it to obstruct sun/moonlight, or is lit with at least a light level of 8. The spawned flower depends on the biome. If the planting conditions are not met, the flower will quickly pop out. Flowers and tall grass will spread naturally over grass blocks up to five blocks radius around.

List of flowers
As of, there are 12 flowers in Minecraft.

Dandelion
Common yellow flowers. Can be crafted into one dandelion yellow.

Poppy
Common red flowers. Can be crafted into one rose red. They are held and dropped by Iron Golems.

Blue orchid
A light blue flower. Can be crafted into one light blue dye. It is found in swamps and taigas.

Allium
A rare magenta flower. Can be crafted into one magenta dye. Only found in the flower forest.

Azure bluet
A small white flower. Can be crafted into one light gray dye. It is found in plains and flower forests.

Tulip
Small flowers, each color can be crafted into their respective dye. They are found in plains and flower forests.

Oxeye daisy
A white and yellow flower. Can be crafted into one light gray dye. It is found in plains and flower forests.

Sunflower
A tall, yellow flower. A fully grown flower will always face east, giving players a sense of direction. Can be used to craft two dandelion yellows. Only found in sunflower plains. When bone meal is used on a sunflower, a second sunflower is dropped. They cannot be put in a flower pot.

Lilac
A tall, light purple colored flower. It is found in forests and flower forests. When bone meal is used on a lilac, a second lilac is dropped. They cannot be put in a flower pot.

Rose bush
A tall collection of rose-bearing vines. Can be crafted into two rose reds. It is found in forests, birch forests, roofed forests and flower forests. When bone meal is used on a rose bush, a second rose bush is dropped. They cannot be put in a flower pot.

Peony
A pink colored, two-block tall flower also known by as paeonia. It can be crafted into two pink dyes. It is found in forests, birch forests, roofed forests and flower forests. When bone meal is used on a peony, a second peony is dropped. They cannot be put in a flower pot.

Cyan flower
Cyan Flowers replace Roses in Pocket Edition and Pi Edition.

In a video preview of Pocket Edition on the Xperia PLAY, a cyan flower is visible at 0:25. Jeb stated that they exist as replacement for Roses, following some hardware problems; cyan colored flowers are not planned to be added in the PC version of Minecraft. Since the 0.5.0 update of Minecraft Pocket Edition, they are named Rose in the inventory.

They serve absolutely no function but merely decoration. They cannot be used in crafting in any way.

Trivia

 * Due to the nature of the flowers' spawning algorithm, it is possible (but relatively rare) to find naturally-spawned flowers in lava, caverns or abandoned mine shafts.
 * Also, it is possible to find a flower dropped as an item on the ground naturally, because it didn't generate on dirt or grass blocks, thus dropping itself.
 * Like other transparent blocks, flowers can break falling objects, like sand.
 * Jeb noted that peony were the flowers that were used for his wedding.
 * Rose bushes do not apply damage when walked through.
 * Cyan flower is the only flower in Minecraft that doesn't produce dye.