Sunday, April 8, 2012

FLOWER POWER

April in Hefei is in full bloom this spring with lots of green, lots of sunshine and the temperatures climbing. At Hefei Botanical Garden, the varieties of flowers surrounding the park have turned it into a colorful wonderland. I immersed myself among the peonies, magnolias, pink and white cherry blossoms and hyacinths. But my favorites by far were the more than 120,000 tulips from over 40 varieties of tulip bulbs blossoming before me. A rainbow of colors in red, yellow, violet, pink and fuchsia called out to me…and there was nothing else to do but bring out my camera!

Bright fuchsia tulips bloom at Hefei Botanical Garden
Red tulips with yellow tips
A bed of pink tulips with white tips
Purple and pink! Just love these colors!
Yellow and red tulips
I love the orange colored ones!

HEFEI BOTANICAL GARDEN
123 East Huanhu Road, Shushan District
蜀山区环湖东路123
Hefei, Anhui, China