A celebration of culture in full bloom
The Shanghai Landscaping and City Appearance Administrative Bureau announces that this spring, six types of flowers — white magnolias, plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, peonies, crab apples, and roses — have been selected as the main attractions. Parks with large planting areas and diverse varieties will serve as primary display zones.
From March to April, street corners will also be adorned with flowers.
Xujiahui Park in downtown Xuhui district, one of Shanghai's top 10 park-plant zones last year, has 101 white magnolia trees planted across 700 square meters. The flowers typically bloom in early March.
Century Park in Pudong, with plum blossom culture at its core, features five plum garden scenic spots, creating a grand area blending Chinese and Western styles. Gulf (Haiwan) Forest Park's plum garden has over 40,000 plum trees of 126 varieties.
Gu Yi Garden, also one of Shanghai's top 10 park-plant zones last year, has a peony garden featuring hundreds of varieties that showcases white, red, pink, and yellow peonies, fully embodying the Chinese aesthetic of "peonies as the true national beauty".
