What flowers are suitable for growing in Baoding? What are the city flower and city tree?
1. Climate characteristics of Baoding
Baoding has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons: dry and windy springs, hot and rainy summers, clear and crisp autumns, and cold and dry winters. Precipitation is mainly concentrated from June to August, so most plants are quite suitable for planting in Baoding; you only need to pay attention to drainage during the rainy season.
2. What flowers are suitable for growing in Baoding
Generally speaking, ground-planted plants are greatly affected by the regional environment. Given Baoding's geographical location and climate characteristics, it is more suitable to plant Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince), Prunus persica (flowering peach), Prunus cerasifera (purple-leaf plum), Prunus triloba (flowering almond), chrysanthemum, Rosa chinensis (Chinese rose), iris, lily, rose, Magnolia denudata (Yulan magnolia), Albizia julibrissin (silk tree), Koelreuteria paniculata (goldenrain tree), Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac), cherry blossom, Hibiscus syriacus (rose of Sharon), Forsythia suspensa (weeping forsythia), lilac, Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine), Weigela florida (old-fashioned weigela), Cornus alba (red-twig dogwood), Yucca gloriosa (Spanish dagger), Hylotelephium spectabile (showy stonecrop), Canna indica (canna lily), Hemerocallis (daylily), Ophiopogon japonicus (dwarf lilyturf), Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife), Trifolium repens (white clover), Hosta plantaginea (fragrant plantain lily), Petunia hybrida (petunia), Viola tricolor (pansy), Cleome hassleriana (spider flower), and so on.
3. What are Baoding's city flower and city tree
Baoding's city flowers are the chrysanthemum and the Chinese rose, and the city tree is the Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica). As one of China's top ten famous flowers, the chrysanthemum has a long history of cultivation in Baoding. Every year on National Day, October 1, a chrysanthemum exhibition is held on Baoding's People's Square, and later, with the approval of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress, the chrysanthemum and the Chinese rose were designated as the city's city flowers. As for the city tree, the Chinese scholar tree, it also symbolizes good fortune and happiness, so Baoding designated the Chinese scholar tree as the city's city tree.