In the golden autumn of Beijing, the gentle autumn breeze blows through the colorful trees in the National Botanical Garden (North Garden), including ginkgo, Chinese water fir, white wax, golden branches of Sophora, and various maple trees. The vibrant colors are reflected in the autumn water, creating a beautiful autumn picture with the blue sky and green mountains.
The National Botanical Garden is an ideal place to enjoy autumn in Beijing. Not only is the scenery beautiful, but there are also many types of colorful plants, with nearly a hundred species currently available for viewing. Many of these colorful plants are new and superior varieties introduced by the National Botanical Garden in recent years. In the North Garden of the National Botanical Garden, a beautiful autumn scene can be seen with red, yellow, and purple leaves. Three new varieties of white wax, "Autumn Fire," "Autumn Joy," and "Autumn Purple," are on display in the park. White wax is a native plant in Beijing, and most of the traditional white wax leaves turn yellow in autumn. However, the leaves of these three new varieties of white wax turn deep red, light red, and purple, making the colors of white wax in autumn more abundant.
In addition to white wax, flame euonymus, golden-leaved maple, and green bottlebrush are all excellent colorful plants introduced by the National Botanical Garden in recent years.
Around the North Lake of the National Botanical Garden, various colorful trees such as Chinese chestnut, golden branches of Sophora, and maple trees are changing colors, making the autumn atmosphere even stronger. This has always been a major place for the National Botanical Garden to showcase its achievements in adding color and extending the greenery. To extend the viewing period of autumn leaves, the National Botanical Garden has planted a variety of colorful trees here, from the early-changing golden branches of Sophora and white wax to the late-changing oak trees, with a viewing period of about one month.
Why are there so many colorful plants here? This is the result of the National Botanical Garden's continuous efforts to add color and extend greenery. In order to allow Beijing to see more flowers in spring, more colors in autumn, and more greenery in winter, the National Botanical Garden's researchers have been working on various projects. They have strengthened the breeding of spring flowering plants such as peach blossoms, crabapples, and lilacs, and have cultivated many new varieties. Currently, the National Botanical Garden has independent intellectual property rights for new peach blossom varieties "Pinhong" and "Pinxia," which fill the gap between mountain peach and green peach blossom periods and create a beautiful scenery line in early spring. Multiple varieties of jade hairpins have been selected and promoted for planting in various scenic spots in Beijing, achieving good results.
At the same time, through the research of scientific researchers, various breeding techniques for the blue spruce tree have been mastered. Large-scale breeding can now be achieved. In the past year, it has been promoted and applied in places such as the Thirteen Tombs, the Summer Palace, the Zoo, and the Jianguo Hotel Park, providing excellent tree species for the capital to add color and extend greenery.
In addition to the blue spruce, the National Botanical Garden has successfully introduced 24 species of spruce plants from around the world, accounting for more than half of the global total. Breakthrough progress has also been made in the development of new spruce varieties, and cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Forestry has resulted in the selection of three new spruce varieties. In addition to the blue spruce, other excellent tree species such as the "Hertz" round cypress, "Venus" cypress, and creeping euonymus are also being bred for their ability to add color and extend greenery.
