Missed the flower season? You can still see all the flowers in May here

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Photographer: Zhang Xinghai (Chief Photographer of this Newspaper) Editor: Ding Lin

Reviewer/Lin Qinwen (Director of the Introduction and Domestication Department, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Recently, the National Botanical Garden was officially inaugurated, marking another important step for my country to protect biodiversity. It is reported that the botanical garden has collected more than 15,000 species of plants, including nearly 1,000 rare and endangered plants such as Metasequoia glyptostroboides and Davidia involucrata under ex situ protection.

It is late spring now, and the major parks are already "green and lush" and all flowers have withered. But in the National Botanical Garden, the reporter can still see flowers in full bloom everywhere. Whether it is local rare plants or overseas garden species, they have found a place to take root in this "treasure house of plants".

Metasequoia conservation forest

Sinojackia xylocarpa is a nationally protected plant named after its fruit which resembles a scale.

Xanthoceras sorbifolia, native to northern my country, has beautiful leaves, gorgeous flowers, and has the characteristics of more flowers and fewer fruits, "one fruit for a thousand flowers".

Zabelia tyaihyoni, an introduced species endemic to Korea

Visitors take photos of the "king of flowers" in the peony garden. The National Botanical Garden has planted more than 5,000 peonies of more than 300 varieties, with nine major colors.

Akebia trifoliata, with 1-2 female flowers at the base of the raceme and about 15-30 male flowers above

Stemona sessilifolia, a Chinese medicinal plant, has flowers growing in the axils of the scales at the bottom of the stem

It is the season when the tassel (Chionanthus retusus) is in full bloom. The flowers are all over the tree, and the crowns are like snow.

The “Internet celebrity” Tassel Avenue in Nanyuan.

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Victoria amazonica × Victoria cruziana, with its huge leaves, can be seen in the aquatic plant room all year round.

Abutilon pictum, native to America, has a unique flower shape, can bloom all year round, and is evergreen all year round.

Tacca chantrieri, the flower bracts are specialized into long, thin threads, like "tiger whiskers"

Tillandsia usneoides, whose stems and leaves are densely covered with silver-gray scales, resembles the silver beard of an old man, and is also known as "old man's beard".

According to the needs of the capital's epidemic prevention and control work, citizens and tourists entering the park during the "May Day" holiday (April 30 to May 4) must present a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours. Ticket purchasers must make a real-name reservation on the WeChat public account "National Botanical Garden Ticket Purchase Platform" 1-7 days in advance. Foreigners and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan tourists must enter their passport number or Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Pass number when purchasing tickets. Please take good care of yourself and maintain social distance.

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