Flowers Travel Tips around Kunming City

Kunming, known as the “Spring City,” is surrounded by mountains on three sides with Dianchi Lake to the south. Dianchi Lake, the largest plateau lake in Kunming and the sixth largest freshwater lake in China, plays a crucial role in regulating the city’s temperature and humidity, allowing flowers to bloom throughout the year.

Jacaranda Blossom

Every year from late spring to early summer, jacaranda flowers grace the streets of Kunming with their stunning purple cone-shaped inflorescence and pinnate compound leaves. As the petals gently fall, the atmosphere becomes truly romantic. One of Kunming’s most iconic sights is the Jacaranda Avenue, stretching about 2 km from Xuefu Road to Jiaochangzhong Road along the northern Erhuan Road. This avenue is celebrated as a nationally famous landscape.

Introduced to Kunming in 1984 from Algeria by the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, jacaranda trees thrive as tall, beautiful road landscape trees. They typically bloom from April to June, albeit for a shorter period compared to their native habitat.

Visit Locations: Several streets in Kunming city, primarily along Xuefu Road to Jiaochangzhong Road, near Panlong River, Green Lake, Beijing Road, Hongjin Road, West Qianwei Road, etc.

Hydrangea Flower Fields at Austral Huashan

Located in Yangzonghai, Chengjiang County, an hour’s drive from Kunming, Austral Huashan transforms into a breathtaking urban farm every May. Hundreds of varieties of hydrangeas bloom in full splendor, creating a fairy tale-like atmosphere. Hardworking gardeners tend to the fields under warm sunshine, where hydrangeas sway gracefully in the breeze.

From May to August, the macrophylla series of hydrangeas bloom profusely, while the arborescens series gradually turns from green to fluffy white balls by June.

Austral Huashan also serves as a gene pool for rosales resources, with over 1800 rosales varieties collected to date.

Address: Zuoweiying, Yangzong Township, Chengjiang County, Yuxi City
Tel: 0871-67441128 (Reservation required one day in advance; entry limited to 100 visitors per day)
Ticket Price: 200 yuan
Opening Hours: 8:00-18:00

Colorful Lily World at Jiaoye Park

Located in the western suburb of Kunming, Jiaoye Park hosts over 50,000 lilies during its annual Lily and Hydrangea Exhibition, held from now until July 29th. The park dazzles visitors with more than 20,000 hydrangeas and 5,000 dahlias spread across its resort and beauty valley areas. While lilies bloom until the end of June, hydrangeas and dahlias extend their flowering period beyond that time.

Apart from the floral exhibition, Jiaoye Park offers various family activities such as mountain bike races and dancing shows.

Address: Jiaoyue Park, Xishan District, Kunming
Ticket Price: 8 yuan per person
Opening Hours: 8:00-18:00

Plan your visit to Kunming to witness these spectacular flower displays and experience the city’s vibrant floral culture throughout the year.