Guizhou Flower Identification Guide

Flower appreciation is not exclusive to spring. In the beautiful karst landscape of Guizhou, where the seasons are like spring, even in the cold and gloomy winter, there is still a touch of color.

Libo Maolan

Libo Maolan is known as the 'Ten Miles of Plum Sea, Ten Thousand Acres of Plum Forest'. It boasts the largest contiguous wild plum forest in China and the oldest wild plum trees in Guizhou. Here, there are hundreds of rare ancient plum trees over 200 years old. They usually bloom in mid-January each year, with a flowering period of over a month, making it an ideal place for winter plum viewing and leisure photography.

Plum Blossom Mountain

Plum Blossom Mountain can be enjoyed all year round, with both plum blossom viewing and skiing available. From December to March, depending on the altitude and variety, the plum blossoms bloom one after another, competing in beauty and fragrance. Different types of plum blossoms stretch across the mountains, creating an exceptionally beautiful scene. With its high altitude, Plum Blossom Mountain is shrouded in mist throughout the year, often attracting countless photography enthusiasts to capture the sea of clouds, misty mountains, and sunrises and sunsets. If it snows, the scenery becomes even more poetic, with the plum blossoms adding to the charm.
The plum blossoms in Xingyi Qixiang Garden are also very beloved. As you approach the plum garden, at a glance, the plum blossoms are graceful and charming in every way. From a distance, they look like snow or clouds. Walking through the plum garden, even your clothes can't escape the faint fragrance of the plum blossoms, which is refreshing and delightful.

Hongfeng Lake

Located in Dachong Village, Hongfeng Lake Town, Guiyang, it is one of the 'Top Ten Beautiful Villages in China'. It boasts a 6000-acre cherry blossom forest, with various types of cherry blossoms blooming early, mid, and late in the season. Every March and April, the mountains are covered with blooming cherry blossoms, turning the place into a fairyland. Walking into the sea of flowers, the cherry blossoms covering the trees, roads, and mountains look like clouds, mist, snow, and rain, creating an overwhelming spectacle that leaves people in awe. Strolling through it feels like walking in a beautiful fairy tale, dreamy and enchanting.

Guizhou Baili Rhododendron Scenic Area

Located at the border of Dafang and Qianxi counties, it is the largest native rhododendron forest in China to date, giving Baili Rhododendron its name.
The blooming period of Longquan Mountain is later than that of Baili Rhododendron. It usually enters its peak blooming period from late April to early May each year. At this time, the majestic Longquan Mountain is adorned with blooming red, white, and purple rhododendrons, creating a spectacular scene. Climbing and flower viewing along the way, the environment is serene, with lush trees. Immersed in the vast rhododendron forest, one can gaze into the distance, where the distant mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, while the nearby rhododendrons of various colors complement each other beautifully.
Xingyi is one of the earliest regions in Guizhou to discover rapeseed flowers. How many mountain peaks are there in the world? But only here, the peak forest, is worthy of this unparalleled peak forest. Perhaps only the majestic rapeseed flowers in the world can compare. The majestic Wanfeng, tens of thousands of acres of flower fields, peaks among the flowers, flowers surrounded by peaks, are unique to this place.

Yinzhai Village

You may not know that the Buyi village has a history of 600 years, but you should have heard of the name 'Jinhai Snow Mountain'. Every March, the rapeseed flowers in Guiding Yinzhai bloom in full, creating a picturesque scene with the plum and pear blossoms on the vast white snow, hence the name.

Kaiyang Ten-Mile Gallery

In early March, the fields along the banks of the Ten-Mile Gallery in Kaiyang County are covered with layers upon layers of colorful rapeseed flowers, earning it the title of 'China's First Bend of Rapeseed Flowers.' The verdant Qinglong River winds around this 'U'-shaped bend, where the beautiful rapeseed flowers grow freely in this embrace. During the blooming season, visitors can not only enjoy the stunning rapeseed flower scenery that spans the entire spring but also witness the entire process of spring tea production and experience the joy of picking rapeseed flowers and tea leaves.

Jiucaiping

Every August, it enters the peak flowering period. Standing in the clouds, with the sky above, one can see the vast expanse of chive flowers under the blue sky and white clouds. Surrounded by tens of thousands of peaks and ever-changing seas of clouds, it forms a unique 'sea of flowers in the clouds' at Asilixi Jiucaiping.