Autumn is the season to inhale the wonderful fragrance of osmanthus flowers. Below are some recommended places for visitors to enjoy the flowering plant's intoxicating aroma in and around Jinhua city, in East China's Zhejiang province.
Jinhua prefecture-level city
Flowering osmanthus trees are now to be seen in Andi town in Jinhua. [Photo/WeChat account: jhnews_jh]
Andi town in Jinhua city is a prime choice for visitors to enjoy osmanthus flowers. With a history of more than 50 years of cultivating them, the town got the title of the "Hometown of osmanthus in China".
Lanxi
Vividly colored osmanthus are flourishing in Zhongzhou Park in Lanxi city. [Photo/WeChat account: jhnews_jh]
Around the sports ground in the south of Zhongzhou Park, located in Lanxi – a county-level city administered by Jinhua – is a concentrated growing area where there are more than 1,000 osmanthus trees.
Yiwu
Three women take photos of osmanthus flowers in the Wuyue Osmanthus Garden. [Photo/WeChat account: jhnews_jh]
Wuyue Osmanthus Garden is the only park named after the osmanthus in Yiwu – a county-level city administered by Jinhua – and it is also the park with the most intensive osmanthus planting.
Pujiang
Locals have a chat and drink tea under the osmanthus trees planted in Xishan Park in Pujiang county. [Photo/WeChat account: jhnews_jh]
There are many osmanthus trees in Xishan Park in Pujiang county, administered by Jinhua. Some netizens have revealed that the osmanthus there are growing at speed that is visible to the naked eye.
