□ Xu Yingbo, reporter of this newspaper
As the weather gradually warms up, all kinds of plants grow rapidly, and plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, begonias, magnolias, palace pink bauhinia, azaleas, purple leaf plums, golden flower tea, red ebassia and other varieties of flowers planted all over the city are in full bloom, or show buds... Guilin City is entering the annual "drunken beauty" flower viewing season.
Recently, our reporter visited some flower viewing resorts and collected and sorted out a spring flower viewing strategy for citizens and tourists.
The flowers bloom with light ink marks, leaving only fresh air
Plum blossom, the first of China's top ten famous flowers, is known as the gentleman of flowers, and is also one of the "Three Friends of the Cold Years". In recent years, affected by climate change, plum blossoms have also become the primrose of Guilin City.
The most concentrated place for plum blossom cultivation in the city is Chuanshan Park, which is also a famous plum viewing spot. Through continuous introduction and replanting, the park currently has more than 700 plum blossoms in 8 varieties, including weeping silk plum, pearl plum, green calyx plum, beauty plum, palace powder plum and cinnabar plum. The flowering period of a single plum blossom plant is about one week, and the flowering period of the plant group is about one month. At present, a few plum blossoms planted in the park are still in full bloom, but they have entered the end and are expected to last until the end of this month, and citizens and tourists who like plum blossoms should hurry up to enjoy the plums.
In addition to the park, plum blossoms planted in Yushan Park, Xishan Park, Nanxishan Park, Garden Botanical Garden, Seven Star Scenic Area and other places are also continuously open.
New red cherry trees planted in the small garden, leisurely flower walk, bento tour
When you think of cherry blossoms, many people think of Japan. In fact, the mainland's Himalayas and the Yangtze River basin are the origin of cherry blossoms. In downtown Guilin, there are also many good places to enjoy cherry blossoms.
On February 25, the reporter saw in the cherry garden of Nanxishan Park that the perfume cherry blossoms, red pink beauty, Chinese red cherry, bell cherry blossom, peony cherry and other varieties of cherry blossoms planted here are competing to open, one by one cherry blossoms form a red and pink flower cluster, full of flowers attracted many citizens and tourists to swim in the sea of flowers and enjoy the beautiful spring time.
In order to allow citizens and tourists to get a better experience when visiting the park, Nanxishan Park also held a cherry blossom season carnival in the cherry blossom garden on the same day, including theatrical performances, quizzes with prizes, Hanfu parade, food amusement exhibition, etc.
"The park began planting cherry blossoms on a large scale in 1992, and it has become the city's most diverse and longest-looking cherry blossom viewing park." The person in charge of Nanxishan Park introduced that in recent years, the park has introduced more than 3,000 cherry blossoms of more than 30 varieties from all over the country, and has formed a cherry blossom viewing season from January to early April every year, with a total blooming period of more than 100 days; Among them, cherry blossoms are most concentrated in February and March.
In addition to this park, Xishan Park, Garden and Botanical Garden, Airport Road, Wanfu Road and other places are also planted with cherry blossoms (double-petaled late cherry varieties), which are expected to bloom in mid-to-late March.
Peach blossoms bloom ownerless, cute crimson loves light red
Compared with the plum blossoms of primrose, peach blossoms can be called the representative flower of spring in Guilin. Every time the peach blossoms bloom, the scenery of Guilin City becomes more charming.
On the same day, the reporter saw in the two rivers and four lakes of Ronghu, Shanhu and other places that the peaches planted here have bloomed one after another, and the flower shadows are swaying, charming and moving.
According to relevant experts from the Municipal Forestry and Garden Bureau, the most suitable time to enjoy peach blossoms is from late February to mid-March. Peach trees are commonly planted in urban areas, including the Garden and Botanical Garden, Xishan Park, Zizhou Park, along the Xiaodong River, and some community gardens. Among them, the most concentrated planting is Yingchai Community, which is also a well-known peach blossom viewing "net celebrity check-in place" in recent years. The peach blossoms planted in the community cover an area of more than 60 acres, with a total of more than 3,000 plants, and when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the whole community is full of clouds and fragrance.
Begonia does not hesitate to be rouge, and it is most enchanting when it is half-open
Begonia is a famous flower that is appreciated by both elegant and secular people, known as "fairy in flowers", "flower concubine" and "national beauty". Begonia has always been loved by people for their dashing and flower-like bloom when they are in full bloom.
The reporter saw in Yushan Park that the begonia planted here has bloomed, its tree posture, bright colors, mainly red, pink, some birds shuttling and flying in the flowers, attracting many photography enthusiasts to come to "shoot birds".
According to relevant people in Yushan Park, the peduncles of the begonia are extremely short, and the flowers are close to the branches, hence the name. It has strong adaptability, loves light, and is also resistant to semi-shade, cold and drought, and has not strict requirements for soil and is easy to cultivate. The flowers are double-petaled and semi-double-petaled and have a particularly long flowering period , sometimes lasting up to 2 to 3 months. In addition to the begonia, in recent years, the park has also introduced weeping begonia, Xifu begonia, papaya begonia, and gathered four well-known varieties of begonia.
In addition, Nanxishan Park, Garden Botanical Garden, Xishan Park and other places are also planted with begonias, all of which are currently in full bloom.
The jade bone ice is clear and dusty, and the wind blows a new face
Magnolia is a deciduous tree. Magnolia flower, also known as Wangchunhua and Yutangchun, among which white magnolia is named for its "white color and blue color, fragrance like orchid". The ancients juxtaposed magnolia with begonias, peonies and osmanthus flowers, and called them "Yutang Fugui".
The magnolias grown in urban areas are mainly white magnolia and purple magnolia. The reporter saw in the Magnolia Garden of Two Rivers and Four Lakes that the magnolias planted here have been opened one after another, and a faint fragrance can be smelled in the air.
In the Wangcheng Scenic Area, several magnolias planted here are also blooming, these magnolias were planted in the late 80s of the last century, and their tall trees and wide canopy complement the surrounding ancient buildings.
According to relevant experts of the Municipal Forestry and Garden Bureau, the flowering period of magnolia is generally from late February to mid-March, and the flowering period of purple magnolia is from early to late March. Compared with magnolia, the cultivation of purple magnolia is more common in urban areas, such as Xishan Park, Xiangshan Scenic Area, Fubo Mountain Scenic Area, Nanxishan Park, Garden Botanical Garden, Zizhou Park, and some residential streets. In 2017, when the city was renovating and upgrading the south road around the city, a batch of purple magnolias were planted in the form of tree arrays in the green belt of motor vehicles, and when it bloomed, the trees were full of lilac flowers, and the whole road was dressed as a flower road.
Bauhinia a tree flowers and branches, tender stamens first sprinkled with wine mediums
Bauhinia, also called Bauhinia, is a deciduous tree. When it is in full bloom, the purple and pink flowers are connected like a cloud, which is particularly beautiful. In recent years, it has also become a key planting variety in many southern cities when carrying out landscaping.
"After continuous promotion and introduction in many places in the urban area in recent years, Bauhinia paluterine has become a representative spring flower in Guilin. It usually blooms from mid-to-late March to early April. "Relevant experts of the Municipal Forestry and Garden Bureau introduced that the palace pink bauhinia first blooms and then grows leaves, the flowers are large and beautiful when flowering, slightly fragrant, long flowering period, fast growth, smoke resistance, anti-air pollution, is a good ornamental and nectar source plant. A few years ago, when the forestry department carried out landscape improvement focusing on "flowerization and colorization", a batch of large-sized palace pink redbuds were planted in the non-isolated zone on both sides of the road around the second road around the city. They have a trunk diameter of 18 to 25 cm and high branching points, which do not affect large vehicles such as double-decker buses in the past. At present, this batch of palace pink bauhinia is growing well and forming a beautiful landscape effect.
Zizhou Park has also specially created a palace pink bauhinia avenue, and every time the palace pink bauhinia is in full bloom, it will form a beautiful scenery of flowers. In addition, the Garden Botanical Garden, Nanxishan Park, Guiyang Highway, Donghua Road in Wangcheng Historical and Cultural District, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guangxi Normal University, as well as Shanshui Avenue, Xicheng Avenue and Shanshui Park in Lingui New District are also planted with more palace pink bauhinia.
Rhododendron in the azalea spring red and autumn red
Rhododendron rhododendron, known as "Xi Shi in flowers", is one of the three famous wild flowers in China, one of the four major alpine flowers in the world, and an important forest vegetation component. When the azaleas bloom, they are full of splendid branches, lively and brightly colored, and they are very beautiful.
In Guilin, the cultivation of rhododendron is very common, and the most concentrated is the Seven Star Scenic Area Rhododendron Garden. It covers an area of about 4,200 square meters and is planted with many varieties such as spring cuckoo, summer cuckoo, western cuckoo, and hairy cuckoo. The whole garden is centered on the rhododendron pavilion, which is round, simple and elegant, and all made of hemp stone. Since you stand in the middle of the pavilion and speak, you can hear the echo, so it is also called the echo booth.
In addition, there are many plantings along the scenic areas of the two rivers and four lakes, Guilin Botanical Garden, Airport Road, Zhongshan South Road and other places, and the general flowering period is from March to April every year.
Random flowers gradually become charming eyes Thousands of purples and thousands of reds are always spring
Golden flower tea, known as the "giant panda of the plant world" and "queen of the tea family", is a twin sister with tea, camellia, Nanshan tea, oil tea, tea plum, etc., and is one of the national second-class protected plants. Golden flower tea is golden yellow when flowering, dazzling, as if coated with a layer of wax, crystal and oily, seems to have a translucent feeling; The flowers are cup-shaped, pot-shaped and bowl-shaped, delicate and colorful, and beautiful.
Experts from the Municipal Forestry and Garden Bureau introduced that golden flower tea was once a rare and protected variety of the country, and later with the increasing number of cultivations, it has entered the families of ordinary citizens. Because it contains more than 400 kinds of nutrients, no toxic side effects, and has a certain effect on lowering blood sugar, blood pressure, lowering blood lipids and lowering cholesterol, it has also been promoted as a food in recent years, and some areas in Guangxi have also focused on building a golden flower tea industry.
In Guilin, golden flower tea is planted in Yushan Park, Garden Botanical Garden, Guilin Botanical Garden and other places, and it is expected to bloom in early March.
Purple-leaved plum, also known as red-leaved plum, is a small deciduous tree of the genus Prunus in the family Rosaceae, a famous foliage tree species, suitable for solitary plants. Purple-leaved plum is a plant that flowers first and then leaves, and when it blooms, it is pinkish-white, and after the flowers it begins to grow leaves, in spring it is autumn leaves, and in summer the leaves turn purple and shiny, reflecting the surrounding greenery, greatly enriching the color of the road. In recent years, the city has planted a large number of purple leaf plums in rows on Dong'an Road, West Second Ring Road, Guimo Road, Zhongyin Road, Airport Road and other places. It blooms for a short period of about half a month and is expected to bloom in mid-to-late March.
Red ebonssafras, also called red rosewood. Its foliage, graceful posture, resistant to pruning, resistant to banding, can be used for hedges, can also be used to make stump bonsai, when the flowers bloom, full of red flowers, extremely spectacular. A large number of red ebalwood trees are planted next to the sidewalk of Zhongshan North Road (Guanyin Pavilion to the Guilin Office of the Eighth Route Army), and there are also patches of grass planted in the sub-car belt of Zhongshan South Road, Airport Road, Wanfu Road, Guiyang Road, and South Ring Road Road, all of which are more suitable for flower viewing. It is understood that the bloom of the red sandalwood is generally in mid-March.
(Source: Guilin Daily)