When do pagoda trees usually bloom?

Pagoda trees usually bloom from April to May each year, with a flowering period of about 10-15 days; the flowers are milky white and have a sweet fragrance. The flower buds of the pagoda tree are edible, for example, they can be made into steamed pagoda flower rice, or wrapped into pagoda flower buns, pagoda flower dumplings, pagoda flower pancakes, scrambled eggs with pagoda flowers, pagoda flower porridge, etc.; they can also be used as medicine, with effects of clearing heat, cooling blood, stopping bleeding, and lowering blood pressure.

The pagoda tree is a tree plant in the Fabales order, Fabaceae family, Papilionoideae subfamily. It originated in northern China, and is especially common on the Loess Plateau and in the Northeast and North China Plains, and is widely cultivated throughout northern and southern China. It is a temperate tree species, likes light, prefers a dry and cold climate, and requires deep, well-drained soil; it can grow in calcareous soil, neutral soil, and acidic soil.