Flowers trumpet, snap, and spread happiness in Zhuhai
A wide variety of spring flowers are in bloom at Zhuhai parks, along roads and trails, and at other public sites throughout the city.
Bauhinia variegate (mountain ebony plants)
Bauhinia variegate at Xiangshan Lake Park
Best admiring place: Xiangshan Lake Park in New Xiangzhou
Similar sites: 6th Xinwan Road in Jinding Town of the National Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone (Tangjiawan); Jindao Road and Jinhaian (Golden Coast) Avenue in Jinwan District; Haojiang Road in Hengqin; Yinhua Road, Haibin and Yeli Island parks and west of the Changsheng Bridge in Xiangzhou; and Huangyang River Wetland Park in Doumen
Best Florescence: March
Galsang (happiness) flowers
Galsang flowers
Admiring places: Sea & Sky (Haitian) and Haibin parks and South Lovers Avenue (some fields are undergoing maintenance) in Xiangzhou District
Best Florescence: March
Golden trumpet (handroanthus chrysotrichus) trees
Blooming golden trumpet trees at Sea & Sky Park
Best admiring place: Sea & Sky Park
Similar sites: Xiangshan Lake Park, south of Santaishi Interchange of Jinqin Express Road auxiliary lane, and Chunfeng Road in New Xiangzhou; Doumen East Causeway Extreme Sports Park; Nanhe Road in Sanzao Town and Proposed 8th Road in Lian'gang Industrial Zone in Hongqin Town of Jinwan District; and Hengqin's East Huandao Road and areas surrounding Hengqin Checkpoint.
Best Florescence: March (may vary with area)
Bougainvillea glabra (paper flowers)
Paper flowers along Jingshan Trail
Admiring places: Jingshan Trail, Haibin Park, and Meihua Urban Garden in Xiangzhou
Best Florescence: March
Peach (prunus persica) blossoms
Peach blossoms
Admiring place: Gongle Garden at external frontier of Gongleyuan Park in Tangjiawan
Best Florescence: March
Kapok (cotton tree, ceiba pentandra) flowers
Kapok flowers
Admiring places: Sea & Sky and Xiangshan parks, and Central Yuehai and Shanchang roads in Xiangzhou
Best Florescence: March
Spider (cleome hassleriana) flowers
Spider flowers along South Lovers Avenue
Admiring places: South Lovers Avenue section in Jida and Gongbei and Hengqin Orange Happy Farm
Best Florescence: through April
Rapeseed (brassica napus) flowers
Rapeseed flowers at Sea & Sky Park
Admiring places: Sea & Sky Park and Hengqin Orange Happy Farm
Best Florescence: March
Sunflowers (helianthus annuus)
Sunflowers
Admiring place: areas surrounding Hengqin Legend Ponto Square
Best Florescence: through April
Foxgloves (digitalis purperea)
Foxgloves
Admiring places: Haibin and Bailiandong (White Lotus Cave) parks in Jida
Best Florescence: through April
Azaleas (rhododendron pulchrum)
Rhododendron pulchrum
Admiring place: Haibin Park
Best Florescence: through April
Orange trumpet (campsis radicans) vines
Orange trumpet vine
Admiring places: Xiangshan and White Lotus Cave parks
Best Florescence: through May
Camellias (camellia japonica)
Camellias
Admiring places: Sea & Sky and Haibin parks
Best Florescence: before April
Snapdragons (antirrhinum)
Snapdragons
Admiring place: Haibin Park
Best Florescence: March
Corn poppies (papaver rhoeas)
Corn poppies [Photos courtesy Zhuhai Media Group]
Admiring place: Haibin Park
Best Florescence: late March