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Flowers are a type of plant in Minecraft. While they can be planted on grass and dirt blocks, flowers cannot be cultivated like trees, sugar cane, or crops. They appear to spawn randomly in clusters on grass tiles. Flowers served no useful purpose except for decoration until Beta 1.2, when it became possible to make Wool Dyes out of them.

To survive, they 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.

Dandelion


Yellow flowers can be collected in one hit and placed in a crafting grid to create 2 units of Dandelion Yellow dye.

Ingredients Input » Output
Flower Template:Grid/Crafting Table
Combine Dandelion Yellow with For
Rose Red Orange Dye

Rose

Roses can be collected in one hit and placed in a crafting grid to create 2 units of Rose Red dye. They are also somewhat rarer than yellow flowers; usually being alone or in groups of 3-4.

Ingredients Input » Output
Rose Template:Grid/Crafting Table
Combine Rose Red with For
Dandelion Yellow Orange Dye
Lapis Lazuli Purple Dye
Bone Meal Pink Dye

Trivia

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A rose found growing near lava

  • On SMP, placing a flower on a stone block with a thin snow block would plant the flower as if the stone were grass.
  • Due to the nature of their spawning algorithm, it is possible (but relatively rare) to find naturally spawned flowers in lava caverns.
  • In Minecraft Classic, flowers can be placed on all block types, including lava and on top of each other.


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