When will Guangzhou kapok blossom? Guangzhou kapok viewing point

Kapok in Guangzhou blooms in March and April every year. In Guangzhou's high-rise buildings and streets, tall and straight kapok trees set each other off, and rows of flower trees and straight roads complement each other, forming a beautiful picture. Let's take a look at the viewing spots of kapok.

When does kapok blossom in Guangzhou?

Every March and April, when bloom is warm in spring, kapok will be covered with sharp points. However, in February this year, the kapok trees in the streets and lanes of Guangzhou have been competing to open. One kapok tree after another is as red as a torch, standing smartly on the branches, and the brilliant red is swaying leisurely in the spring breeze. After all the cotton trees are in full bloom, they will be particularly bright and full of vitality, adding vitality to both sides of the street.

Every March and April, flowers bloom first, and then leaves grow. Kapok is a fast-growing and strongly positive tree species. In order to get sunshine and rain, its crown is always higher than the surrounding trees. Its enterprising spirit and bright red flowers are also called hero trees and hero flowers. It is planted in Kunming, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Xiamen and other places in China. Especially in Guangzhou and Xiamen, kapok trees are planted all over the streets. Every year just after the Lantern Festival, kapok trees begin to blossom. Every spring, kapok trees compete to produce beautiful flowers. Kapok usually blooms in March and April, so April 1 1 is the date of kapok.

Guangzhou kapok viewing point

Cotton viewing places: Lingyuan West Road, Jiangyan Middle Road, Jiangnan Avenue, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Yuexiu Park, Agricultural Lecture Hall, etc.

Best flower viewing period of kapok: The best flower viewing period of kapok is 10 before March.

At the north gate of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, there is a kapok tree named "King of Kapok", which was selected as "the most beautiful ancient tree in China". The tree is about 23 meters high and has a crown of 900 square meters. According to research, this tree was planted in 1668, with a history of 349 years. It is the oldest kapok tree in Guangzhou.

King Kapok of Guangzhou Memorial Hall was planted in 1668. The height of the tree is 27 meters, DBH 1.96 meters, and the average crown width is 33.75 square meters. The mottled bark and epiphytes make King Kapok full of vicissitudes of the old tree, although he is still brilliant.

In the warm spring breeze, the Kapok Bay in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is in full bloom, painting a bright color for all love. Flaming kapok is like fireworks, brimming with new spirit of scrambling.