Right at home with flowers in Beijing

[Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/China Daily]

4. Taoranting Park

The park is displaying more than 300 patches of Chinese flowering crabapple from Yizhou, Shandong province. There are nearly 3,000 of this species planted in the fields. There are plenty of other species along the road.

Ticket fee: 10 yuan during the Chinese Flowering Crabapple Festival

Transport: Subway Line 4, Taoranting Park Station

5. Olympic Forest Park

Visitors can enjoy about 100,000 flowers belonging to more than 30 species in the park until early May, including flowering plums, cherry blossoms, yulan magnolias and dandelions. There are bulletin boards with basic introductions of the flowers and the different walking routes around the park to see them.

Ticket: Free

Transport: Subway Line 8, the South Gate of Olympic Forest Park