Nothing could be more delightful than tiptoeing through fields of blooming flowers with their sweet scent filling the air all around you. WOX has picked Xiamen’s top 5 places to appreciate flowers for your reference. 

1. Xiamen Zhonglun Park (厦门忠仑公园)

With more than 2,000 cherry trees and 3,000 peach trees blossoming, Zhonglun Park is one of the best places for lovers and families to embrace the arrival of spring.

Highlights: Cherry flowers and peach flowers
 
Best time to appreciate: February - April

How to get there:

Take bus No. 942, No. 34, No. 36, No. 38, No. 45, No. 48, No. 88, No. 123 or No. 129 to the Zhonglun Station (忠仑站). 

2. Meihai Peak of Xiamen Dongping Mountain (厦门东坪山梅海岭)

　
Meihai Peak in Dongping Mountain, a beautiful hill covered with bougainvillea blossoms, the city flower of Xiamen, is the first bougainvillea garden in China. 

Highlights: Bougainvillea (city flower of Xiamen)

Best time to appreciate: March and November

How to get there:

Take bus No. 17, No. 19, No. 36, No. 101, No. 108, No. 207, No. 509, No. 512, No. 517, No. 525, No. 530 or No. 805 to the Xilin Yunding Station (西林云顶站).

3. Xiamen Botanical Garden (厦门市园林植物园)

As the first botanical gardens in Fujian Province, Xiamen Botanical Gardens, commonly known as the Wanshi Botanical Gardens (万石植物园), boasts a number of specialized gardens including an araucaria garden, palm garden, hundred-flower hall, bamboo garden, rose garden and cactus garden.

Highlights: Peach flower,China rose

Best time to appreciate: February - March

How to get there:

Take bus No. 35 or No. 87 to the Zhiwuyuan Station (植物园站).

4. Changchun Valley in Xiamen Guankou Town (厦门灌口镇长春谷)

Located on a 600-metre-high mountain in Guankou Town of Xiamen’s Jimei District, Changchun Valley is famous for its year-round blossoms of various flowers.

Highlights: Plum flowers, cherry flowers, peach flowers, pear flowers, rape flowers, crape myrtle flower and azalea

Best time to appreciate: All year round

How to get there:

Take bus No. 534 to the Guankou Station (灌口站).

5. Xiamen Yuanboyuan Expo Garden (厦门园博苑)

　
Located in Xiamen’s Jimei District, Yuanboyuan Expo Garden is made up of 9 themed gardens, and is considered "a garden on the water, and the water in the garden", and covers an area of 6.76 square kilometers.

Highlights: Peach flowers, rape flowers, chrysanthemums and sunflowers

Best time to appreciate: February - March

How to get there:

Take bus No.52, No. 66, No. 69, No. 202, No. 401, No. 402, No. 532 or No. 534 to the Yuanboyuan Station (园博苑站).