May: lavender

Though it is hard for lavenders to grow in Chongqing due to the soil and climate, we may also find some vast lavender fields here. Let’s take some photos in the lavender fields in May!

Recommended sites:

1. Grand View Garden, Nanchuan District

2. Damu Township, Fuling District

3. Hongchiba, Wuxi County

June: lotus

Praised as “the flower goddess in June”, lotus blooms on mountains, plains and waters in Chongqing, delivering a unique landscape similar to the West Lake.

Recommended sites:

1. Yuelai Expo Park, Yubei District

2. Huxi Campus of Chongqing University, Shapingba District

3. Bijin Park, Yubei District

July: common crape myrtle flowers

On hot sunny days, appreciating common crape myrtle flowers, which are even more attractive with green leaves, is almost as popular as playing in water.

Recommended sites:

1. Yunlin Tianxiang Scenic Area, Tianping Mountain, Ersheng Town, Banan District

2. Xinxue Village, Lvfeng Town, Tongliang District

August: sunflowers

Blooming in the sun, sunflowers smell like sunshine.

Recommended sites:

1. Chongqing Garden Expo, Yubei District

2. Changshou Lake Scenic Area, Changshou District

September: galsang flowers

Also known as “the flower of happiness”, galsang flowers are elegant, beautiful but not coquettish. Once you see galsang flowers, you are getting close to happiness.

Recommended sites:

1. Chongqing Garden Expo, Yubei District

2. Nanshan Botanical Park, Nanan District

3. Tieshanping Forest Park, Jiangbei District

October: chrysanthemum

Red, yellow, green, purple, white… the chrysanthemums are in different poses, competing with each other for the most beauty. Everyone will linger among the flowers all over the mountains and plains.

Recommended sites:

1. Xinglong Town, Yubei District

2. Chongkan Town, Tongnan District

December & January: wintersweet

In Chongqing, the season of wintersweet flowers normally lasts for two or three months, from December to mid-to-late February. In addition, the wintersweet will bloom all over the city in winter due to their numerous species.

Recommended sites:

1. Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanan District

2. Chongqing Garden Expo, Yubei District

3. Hongensi Forest Park, Jiangbei District

(Translated by Sun Jiuyang, Fathom Language Limited)