Tulips are colorful and exotic. The best place to appreciate tulips in Suzhou is the Suzhou Chinese flowers botanical garden in Xiangcheng district, which covers an area of 200 hectares and has more than 1,500 kinds of flowers and plants.

Time: April

Venue: Suzhou Chinese flowers botanical garden

Peach flowers

To appreciate peach flowers, Zhangjiagang’s Fenghuang town and Wuxi’s Yangshan Mountain can’t be missed.

Time: April

Venue: Fenghuang town in Zhangjiagang, Yuyang Mountain in Taihu Lake, Peach Island in Jinji Lake, Qionglong Mountain

Peony

Many people associate peonies with Luoyang since it is famous for the flower. Actually, Suzhou’s peonies are also very beautiful. Every year, Changshu’s Shanghu Lake holds a peony fair, which has become a brand in the Yangtze River region. The peony garden in Mudu town is not large, but it has a good variety.

Time: April to the beginning of May

Venue: Shanghu Lake in Changshu, the peony garden in Mudu town, the peony mountain villa in Taicang

Viburnum macrocephalum

Viburnum macrocephalum is the city flower of Kunshan. There is a 300-year-old Viburnum macrocephalum tree in Kunshan Tinglin Garden. The garden now has more than 500 Viburnum macrocephalum trees.

Time: April to May

Venue: Kunshan Tinglin Garden