When do peach blossoms bloom, and what color are they?

"Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" was incredibly popular, but do you know what season peach blossoms bloom in, and what color their flowers are? Peach blossoms are very beautiful flowers, and once they bloom their colors are very gentle and lovely. Since ancient times, scholars and refined gentlemen have written poems about them.

When do peach blossoms bloom, and in what season

The flowering period of peach blossoms is March to April each year, and the fruit ripening period varies by variety, usually August to September.

From the first month to the third month is early spring, and it is also the season when peach blossoms open, hence the name Peach Blossom Spring. In ancient times, people strolled in spring in the third month; at this time poets and ladies opened their hearts and spoke of their innermost feelings to each other, as the fragrance of peach blossoms drifted about. The peach blossoms of the fourth to sixth months are the time when peach trees bear fruit, called Peach Blossom Fan. The seventh to ninth months are the golden autumn period, ruled by metal, so it is called Peach Blossom Knife. The tenth to twelfth months are winter, a time of hiding and storing, and a season of enjoyment for the ancients. They could not help but drink and make merry, so it is called Peach Blossom Wine.

What color are peach blossoms

1. Small-flowered white ornamental peach: bears small white flowers, petals oval, fewer sepals and flowers, branches mostly brown with green spots.

2. Large-flowered white ornamental peach: bears larger white flowers, with round petals, and fine hairs densely growing on the green branches.

3. Five-color ornamental peach: also called sprinkled-gold ornamental peach; most flowers are white or faintly streaked with red, with one or several branches bearing pink flowers, and some flowers or petals are half white and half pink. Oblong petals, branches reddish brown.

4. Thousand-petal pink peach: flowers are pink, mostly with three rows of petals, and pink filaments. Some flowers are slightly closer to red, with red filaments and reddish branches.

5. Red ornamental peach: bears pink flowers, nearly double, with reddish-brown branches.

6. Crimson peach: flowers deep red, calyx tube purplish brown, deeply wrinkled and hairy. Branches greenish brown.

7. Green-flowered peach: petals light green, obovate, branches green with reddish-brown spots; the flowering period is later, mostly blooming in mid-April.

8. Weeping ornamental peach: branches drooping, flowers double, with colors including deep red, sprinkled gold, pale red and pure white.

In addition, there are also birthday-peach and purple-leaf peach, among others. The former bears large white flowers, blooms later, has a short tree form and larger leaves; the latter's main feature is that its leaves are purple.

Where to go to see peach blossoms in spring

Nyingchi, Tibet

In March in Nyingchi, the chill has not yet faded, but it is already a sea of flowers. The distant snow peaks still have glistening white snow, while peach blossoms already compete in beauty like rosy clouds. The tender pink peach blossoms are endlessly gentle and charming in the embrace of the majestic snow mountains.

Pinggu, Beijing

The “Beijing Pinggu International Peach Blossom Festival” held as scheduled every year brings more people here; tens of thousands of mu of peach blossom sea are extremely spectacular.

Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Whenever peach blossoms are in full bloom, the White Causeway and Su Causeway of West Lake are crowded with visitors. Tree after tree of peach blossoms in all kinds of postures, pink and white setting each other off; strolling here is truly a beautiful scene on earth.

Qiandao Lake, Zhejiang

Qiandao Lake is located in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, and is named for the 1078 islands within the lake. Qiandao Lake in this season will not disappoint you; find a small island with few tourists, and you can enjoy layer upon layer of interwoven flower seas, among which a touch of pink peach blossom is even more breathtakingly beautiful.

Taohuayuan, Changde, Hunan

Taohuayuan is located in Taoyuan County, Changde, with the surging Yuan River in front and the rolling Wuling peaks behind. Every March, peach blossoms bloom in full, pink waves churn across the river, and fallen petals are profuse, as if in a fairyland.