2025 Beijing Year-Round Flower Viewing Guide (Save this!)

Don't @ me, but right now, only wintersweet is in bloom in Beijing... The pictures are of wintersweet at Wanshou Temple, taken just yesterday. 🌸February: Wintersweet Locations: National Botanical Garden (Wofo Temple), the eastern foot of Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace, southwest gate of Yuyuantan Park, Zhongshan Park, Grand View Garden, Xiangshan Park, etc. 🌸March: Cherry blossoms, wintersweet, peach blossoms, winter jasmine, magnolia, Chinese violet cress, etc. Locations: Yuyuantan Park, Olympic Forest Park, Beihai Park, National Botanical Garden (formerly Beijing Botanical Garden), Temple of Heaven Park, Summer Palace, Jiangfu Park, etc. 🌸April: Cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, tulips, peonies, apricot blossoms, crabapple blossoms, magnolia, etc. Locations: Yuyuantan Park, Beijing Botanical Garden, International Flower Port, Badaling Great Wall, Yuan Dadu City Wall Relics Park, Zhongshan Park, Jingshan Park, Beihai Park, Olympic Forest Park. 🌸May: Roses, peonies, roses, lupines, smoke trees Locations: Roses (World Flower Grand View Garden, National Flower Port, Beijing Garden Expo Park), Peonies (Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Jingshan Park, etc.), Hydrangeas (Zizhuyuan Park, Yuyuantan Park), Lupines (Beijing Botanical Garden, Yuyuantan Park), Smoke trees (Pofengling, Xiangshan Park). 🌿June: Lavender, verbena, daylily, sage, roses, roses Locations: Lavender (Shounong. Purple Valley Eden), Daylily, Sage (Seven-Hole Bridge Flower Sea), Roses (Rose Garden), Lotus (Chaoyang Park, Wenyu River Park) 🌸July: Lotus, lotus, green bamboo, lavender Locations: Lotus (Summer Palace, Beihai Park, Zizhuyuan Park), Lotus (Lianhuachi Park), Lavender (Shounong. Purple Valley Eden, Blues Estate, Miyun Flower Sea). 🌸August: Lotus, roses, lavender Locations: Lotus (Beihai Park, Summer Palace), Lavender (Zihai Xiangti Art Park, Guanlan Valley Lavender Sightseeing Garden), Yunfeng Mountain Lavender Garden, Roses (World Rose Theme Park, Zhongshan Park, World Flower Grand View Garden). 🌸September: Chrysanthemums, calla lilies, lavender, snapdragons, blue fescue Locations: Yanqing Four Seasons Flower Sea, Purple Valley Eden, World Flower Grand View Garden, International Flower Port. 🌸October: Canna, marigold, calla lily, lavender, snapdragon, cosmos, white wax tree Locations: Lavender (Purple Valley Eden, Four Seasons Flower Sea), Cosmos (Seven-Hole Bridge Flower Sea), White wax tree (Summer Palace). 🌸November: Wintersweet, wintersweet, red leaves, wintersweet, smoke tree Locations: Wintersweet (Beijing Botanical Garden), Red leaves (Xiangshan Park, Pofengling), Smoke tree (Beijing Botanical Garden). 🌸December: Wintersweet, orchids Locations: Wintersweet (Summer Palace, Yuyuantan Park), Orchids (Chaolaichun Flower Market)