What flowers are suitable for growing in Zhenjiang? Learn about the city flower and city tree in one article

I. Climate Characteristics of Zhenjiang

Zhenjiang has a northern subtropical monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. For most plants, it is quite suitable to grow them in Zhenjiang. Moreover, the air humidity in Zhenjiang is relatively high, so it is very suitable for growing moisture-loving flowers, such as maidenhair fern, gardenia, arrowroot, caladium, and so on.

II. What flowers are suitable for growing in Zhenjiang

Generally speaking, plants grown in the ground are more affected by the regional environment. In view of Zhenjiang's geographical location and climate characteristics, it is more suitable to grow azaleas, magnolias, water lilies, daylilies, Chinese snowball viburnum, Aspidistra elatior, crape myrtles, Schefflera octophylla, osmanthus, wintersweet, silk trees, bananas, nandina, cherry blossoms, purple-leaf plum, Chinese trumpet creeper, lotus, plum blossoms, jasmine, Serissa japonica, peonies, Hypericum monogynum, camellias, Sorbaria kirilowii, kerria, Tecoma capensis, hostas, black-eyed Susans, cotton rose, redbud, winter jasmine, tree peonies, amaryllis, and so on.

III. Zhenjiang's city flower and city tree

Zhenjiang's city flower is the azalea, and its city tree is the southern magnolia. Azaleas are cultivated over a wide area in Zhenjiang. Among them, the azalea varieties in the Zhaoyin Temple scenic area of Nanshan are extremely rich, and the number planted is very large. Helin Temple in the southern suburbs of Zhenjiang has been famous for flowers since ancient times, especially azaleas, so Zhenjiang designated the azalea as its city flower. As for the city tree, the southern magnolia, it is also an excellent street tree in Zhenjiang and is deeply loved by the people of Zhenjiang.