Xian: People’s Grand Hotel Gardens

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The gardens of the People's Grand Hotel in Xi'an, China, are home to over 10,000 plants representing over 70 different species.

♥ The most prominent and valuable inhabitant of the gardens is certainly the Crape Myrtle tree next to the tea pavilion in the gardens. It is marked with a plate, which says that it is an estimated 1,200 years old. The oldes tree in the gardens: 1200 years!

♥ In front of the Renmin Square Grand Mercure stands a row of olive trees. Their seeds were brought to China by Premier Zhou Enlai from a state visit to Albania.  

Here is a list of the plants:

Rare Species

1 Osmanthus fragrans 2 Ginkgo biloba 3 Magnolia grandiflora 4 Cedrus deodara 5 Malus halliana Koehne 6 Syringa oblata 7 Prunus yedoensis Matsum 8 Olea europaea L. 9 Magnolia denudata 10 Chaenomeles sinensis 11 Gleditsia sinensis Lam.

Ordinary Species

1 Photinia serrulata 2 Berberidaceae 3 Cercis chinensis Bunge 4 Euonymus japonicus Thunb. 5 Kerria japonica (L.)DC. 6 Nerium indicum Mill 7 Hibiscus syriacus 8 Lagerstroemia Indica 9 Prunus Ceraifera cv. pissardii 10 Acer rubrum 11 Robinia pseudoacacia 12 Platanus acerifolia 13 Ligustrun iucidum Ait 14 Yucca gloriosa 15 Aesculus chinensis 16 Sabina chinensis 17 Buxus bodinieri Lévl. 18 Paeonia suffruticosa 19 Trachycarpus Fortunei 20 Pinus bungeana Zucc. 21 Amygdalus triloba 22 Chimonanthus Praecox 23 Sabina chinensis ‘Pyramidalis’ 24 Podocarpus macrophyllus 25 Elaeocarpus apiculatus 26 Pittosporum tobira 27 Viburnum odoratissimum 28 Pome granate 29 Amygdalus persica Linn. var. persica f. rubro-plena Schneid. 30 Parthenocissus tricuspidata 31 Prunus ceraifera cv. Pissardii 32 Cornus alba 33 Daphne odora Thunb 34 Photinia serrulata Lindl 35 Acer buergerianum Miq. 36 Diospyros kaki 37 Ligustrum quihoui Carr. 38 Cercis Canadensis 39 Euonymus schensianus Maxim 40 Ulmus parvifolia 41 Juglans regia L. 42 Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ 43 Salix babylonica 44 Albizia julibrissin Durazz. 45 Pyracantha fortuneana 46 Sorbaria kirilowii 47 Chaenomeles cathayensis (Hemsl.) Schneid. 48 Eriobotrya japonica 49 Malus pumila Mill. 50 Viburnum macrocephalum 51 Sophora japonlca.cuchlnensis 52 R. chinensis 53 Prunus blireana cv. Meiren 54 Magnolia soulangeana Soul. 56 Malus prunifolia(Willd.)Borkh. 57 Malus micromalus 58 Castanea mollissima 59 Bambusoideae 60 Vitis vinifera