Seasonal landscape of plants and gardens

The seasonal changes in plants are a special response of plants to climate and a manifestation of living beings adapting to the environment. For example, most plants will bloom and sprout new leaves in spring, bear fruit in autumn, and their leaves will change from green to yellow or other colors. The seasonal changes in plants become the most intuitive and moving scenery in garden landscapes, just as people often see textual descriptions such as "sea of crabapple rain", "banks of lilac snow", "winds through wisteria", "lotus leaves densely covering the pond", and "summer red crape myrtle covering everything". These scenes all add color to people's lives, making them linger and unforgettable.

The seasonal landscape of plants is constrained by local seasonal changes. In northern regions, the four seasons are clearly distinct, and so are the seasonal changes in plants. Especially in the north, spring comes late and is very short, with flowers blooming in competition, like an explosive flower season. After half a month, there will be dense green shade, making spring even more precious. In the north, autumn hangs high over the mountain fields dyed in layers, resembling a colorful mythological world. However, in southern China, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan, it is difficult to feel the changes of the four seasons, and the seasonal changes in plants are not very obvious. When the seasonal landscape of plants is given human characteristics, it becomes easier for people to identify with. For instance, peonies in full bloom in spring are considered flowers of wealth and honor; young lotus leaves just emerging in early summer; chrysanthemums covered in gold armor unafraid of frost and cold. Therefore, understanding the seasonal characteristics of plants is more of a cultural sedimentation, a result of thousands of years of meticulous observation and sublimation of nature and life by literati. As tourists, one should carefully experience the subtle changes in nature, appreciate the poetic charm, feel the flow of time and the reality of life, and be amazed and touched by the magical and wonderful changes in nature, such as "under the shade of green willows, beside the pavilion of crabapples, on the branch of red apricots" and "I stop my carriage because I love the maple forest at dusk, its frost-covered leaves redder than the flowers of February". A large number of poems have permanently recorded the seasonal landscape, recited by people around the world.