If you are looking for cherry blossoms in March and peach blossoms in April, then May is a great month to see azaleas. The azalea is also known as mountain pomegranate or red, there are many varieties, most varieties of azalea flowering period in April and May. After viewing the cherry blossoms and peach blossoms in March, come back to these places to view the azalea, after all, the good scenery can not be let down.
Zhejiang Tiantai MountainThe Yunjin azalea here is the world's oldest, highest, largest "king of azaleas", growing in Tiantai Mountain Huading Peak 1200 meters above sea level, an area of nearly 300 acres of mountains, most of the age of the trees in the 400 years to 1,000 years, the trunks of the trees such as iron, gnarled branches such as hooks, branching and leafy, a unique The tree trunks are like iron, gnarled branches are like hooks, the leaves are luxuriant, and it is unique.
Every May, the Yunjin azalea trees compete with each other, with large and colorful flowers in light red and tender yellow. More than a thousand azaleas on each tree and each divided into 7 to 13 small azalea flowers curled into a ball, forming a cluster of bowl-sized bouquets, bouquets of flowers and then clustered together in a cluster, looks like a brocade if the sun, very colorful. Therefore, the cloud brocade azalea also has a very imaginative name called "thousand flowers azalea".
Bijie, Guizhou BailiGuizhou Baili Azalea National Forest Park is located in northwestern Guizhou, central Bijie City, with a total area of 125.8 square kilometers and an altitude of 1,000-3,000 meters, which is one of China's natural azalea forest belts. "Thousands of peaks are stacked up, the azalea flowers look like the sea, and the mountains are full of exotic scent." There are more than 60 different varieties of azaleas in the Bailey's Azalea, white, pink, red, yellow? The beauty of the azalea is breathtaking, dreamy, colorful and boundless.
Ma Cheng Turtle Mountain"Azalea sea" is the core attraction of the Ma Cheng Turtle Mountain scenic area in Hubei, the distribution of concentrated, well-preserved, continuous area of 100,000 acres, the growth cycle of millions of years of the original ecological ancient azalea communities. Every year in April and May, the red azaleas of Turtle Peak Mountain are in full bloom one after another. A mountain even a mountain are like a red carpet covered with azaleas, the entire mountain range is as beautiful as a sea of red, very spectacular and beautiful! People walking on the mountain between the flowers, have the illusion of entering the immortal source! The total area of ancient azalea in Macheng city reaches more than 1 million mu, among which there are 100,000 acres of original ecological ancient azalea communities in Turtle Peak Mountain Scenic Area, with a growth cycle of more than one million years, and the age of existing trees are more than two hundred years old, and its area is large, the age of the long time, the purity of varieties, the density of the high, and the beauty of the flower color is known as China's one of the best. Mashong azalea to "China's largest area of ancient azalea group" by the Shanghai World Guinness Book of Records.
Henan Laojun MountainLuanchuan County, Luoyang City, Henan Province in the territory of the Laojun Mountain elevation of 2,192 meters above sea level, is the Qinling Mountains, the remaining veins of the eight hundred miles of the main peak of the Fu Niu Mountains. Legend has it that during the pre-Qin period, China's famous thinker and philosopher Laozi was here in seclusion, "Laojun Mountain" so named. Laojun Mountain is located at the edge of the transition zone from the northern subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone, and is the watershed of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. As a national nature reserve, the scenic area is surrounded by clouds and mist, with steep peaks, ancient trees and both natural and humanistic landscapes, among which the ten-mile azalea corridor is especially noteworthy at the beginning of summer in May every year. In addition to the mountain red, May and June open azalea also includes evergreen Xiuya azalea, Henan endemic species of Henan azalea, Taibai azalea and so on.
Daxinganling, Inner MongoliaAzaleas are not exclusive to the south. In the north of China's Daxinganling, May and June in the sea of ten thousand hectares of forest blossomed in the azalea, more to give people a sense of exuberance. Hulunbeier people in Inner Mongolia have always loved azalea, "Xing'an azalea" is regarded as the city flower of Hulunbeier, the territory of Zalantun, Arong Banner, Moli Dawa, Oroqen and other flags are widely distributed in the wild azalea. In the middle of May every year, the Daxing'anling mountain slopes full of azaleas beautiful purple and red, fighting for beauty, to the mountains and forests lay a layer of brilliant colors, become a scenic spot. Among them, to Zalantun City, Nanmu Oroqen National Township of the azalea valley bloom the most spectacular, famous far and wide.