What flowers are suitable for growing in Suzhou? Latest introduction to the city flower and city tree

1. Climate characteristics of Suzhou

Suzhou has a subtropical monsoon maritime climate, with four distinct seasons, mild weather year-round, and abundant rainfall. It rarely snows in winter, so most plants are quite suitable for planting in Suzhou. In addition, because Suzhou's air humidity is relatively high, some moisture-loving plants can grow very vigorously in Suzhou, such as arrowroot, maidenhair fern, staghorn fern, Swiss cheese plant, and so on.

2. What flowers are suitable for growing in Suzhou

Generally speaking, ground-planted plants are more affected by the regional environment. Given Suzhou's climate conditions, it is more suitable to plant osmanthus, camellia, magnolia, azalea, Serissa japonica, Hypericum monogynum, gardenia, bottlebrush, Michelia figo, Chinese peony, Chinese rose, tree peony, crabapple, crape myrtle, rose of Sharon, plum blossom, peach blossom, lilac, redbud, winter jasmine, hydrangea, forsythia, kerria, Viburnum macrocephalum, black-eyed Susan, Malus halliana, Sorbaria kirilowii, cotton rose, wintersweet, African daisy, pomegranate, star jasmine, wisteria, Pyrostegia venusta, Chinese trumpet creeper, daylily, hosta, amaryllis, saxifrage, Dendrobium orchid, lotus, water lily, arrowhead, and so on.

3. What are Suzhou's city flower and city tree

Suzhou's city flower is osmanthus, and its city tree is camphor. Because osmanthus has a very long planting history in Suzhou, every household in local Suzhou villages plants osmanthus trees at their doorsteps. Local people also call osmanthus muxi flower, giving osmanthus unique meaning and emotion. Camphor stays green all year round and does not shed its leaves in winter; it only replaces its new leaves in spring and summer. As Suzhou's most important street tree, camphor was designated as Suzhou's city tree.