It is the national flower and also the Flower of Nantou County. There is a leisure farm in Nantou County named after an ancient character of “mei” (meaning plum). Let’s learn more about the plums.
Can tulips only be found in the Netherlands? Taiwan also has tulips. The most famous and worth-going floral sea with tuplips is in Xinshe District, Taichung. It can be a make believe trip overseas.
Deeply influenced by Japanese culture, we easily think of Japan when it comes to cherry blossoms or sakura; however, there are many cherry varieties and those in Japan are quite different ours; therefore, the views are not alike.
It’s not easy to tell plum blossoms which are often mistaken for others with similar flowering period. So that people might think they are watching plum blossoms but actually far it....
Apricot blossoms are hard to tell others such as plum blossoms. These two flowers have close flowering season and they look alike. What on earth are the apricot blossoms’ characteristics?
It occurs to us the movie “Lupin” when we hear the name of this flower. Lupin is the featured flower in the floral events held in Dabeikeng Leisure Farm Area, Taoyuan every February.
It is the Flower of Kaohsiung City, but the prettiest floral sea is in Linchupi, Tainan City. When the flower season arrives, the road on Linchupi is always crowded with visitors flooding to watch the cotton trees.
Its color is deeply rooted in people’s minds. We immediately associate purple with the flowers. Its strong aroma is used in all sorts of detergents; even soap operas are named after the flower.
Sweet osmanthus syrup, osmanthus cakes, osmanthus gluttonous rice balls, osmanthus jams, sweet cooked osmanthus syryp and osmanthus wine. The kind of flower is well known for its edible value, and do you know how it tastes?
Roses represent love and are often seen in literatures, movies or performances. However, the price spike before Valentine’s Day is as heartbreaking as broken relationships.
Camellia is the Flower of New Taipei City as well as Hsinchu County. The varieties and colors of camellia are bountiful; recently, there are even mysterious and noble “Black Camellia ”whose color is purple-black.
It is the Flower of Tainan City. Orchids Taiwan are the cash cow that racks in cash. Visitors can go to professional orchid farms to appreciate them.
The big flower with a smiley face drawn by kids looks like a sunflower. Maybe sunflower is the kind of flower many people first know!
It’s the Flower of Jiayi County. Taiwanese rarely see the White Champak growing on trees, but most can tell its fragrance which represents the sweat of hardworking. It’s a local aroma in Taiwan.