China Pink Flower Tree. Plant in a. Vibrant pink tassel flowers during spring and summer.
Shelter from strong winds and exposed sites. Chinese people infuse osmanthus flowers with green or black tea leaves creating a scented tea called guì huā chá which is especially enjoyed during chinese mid autumn festival. China s debate on the national flower the people s republic of china has not yet chosen a national flower.
The leaves are oval and glossy green set on stems with crinkly brown bark.
Loropetalum plants are native to japan china and the himalayas. The best known is bauhinia blakeana a hybrid species whose purplish pink flower was adopted as the regional emblem of hong kong after the 1997 handover of the territory from britain to china. The plants may be as tall as 10 feet 3 m but are usually small trees of 5 feet 1 5 m. Potential candidates include paeonia suffruticosa as well.
