Kunming Botanical Garden

(Picture: Maple trees of KM Botanical Garden in autumn)

Kunming Botanical Garden is 12 kilometers away from downtown of Kunming. It is adjacent to the Black Dragon Pool Park, where ancient trees grow luxuriantly to form a famed scenic resort.

Covering a total area of 40 hectares, the garden was first built in 1938 for the purpose of cultivating rare and precious flowers, medicinal herbs, major trees and endangered floral species etc. It has collected some 4,000 species of plants and established 10 special plant gardens and experimental districts.

Theme Gardens
(1)-Camellia Garden
Covering 150 Mu (Chinese acres), it has been planted with more than 15,000 camellia trees of 200 kinds, including Camellia reticulate, Camellia japonica, Camellia sasanqua, and Camellia nitidissima, etc.  

(2)-Azalea Garden
There are nearly 10,000 azalea trees of 100 kinds including Rhododendron simsii, Rhododendron delavayi, and Rhododendron irroratum Franch, etc.

(3)-Greenhouse Area
Greenhouse Area includes halls of Orchids, Foliage plants, Begonia, Tropical Plants, Palm tree, Cactus, and Succulent plants, etc. 

(4)-Arbor Trees Area
Arbor Area includes Magnolia Garden, Rosaceae Garden, and Bamboo Garden etc. rare plants inside are delavay magnolia, michelia chartacea, Manglietia insgnis, and Magnolia campbellii, etc.  

(5)-Ferns Garden　　
Ferns Garden covers 50 Mu. There are nearly 400 kinds of ferns planted with it including tree fern, brake fern, Cheilosoria hancockii (lip fern), adiantum, Coniogramme intermedia, Allantodia megaphylla, Cyclosorus interruptus, and Asplenium ensiforme (sword-leaved spleenwort), etc.