Magnolia flowers are in full bloom at Jinan Baihua Park, attracting crowds of visitors. [Photo by Wang Ping/sdchina.com]

Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province is becoming a city of flowers as spring approaches. Different flowers will look their best at this time of the year. Here are some places in the city where you can admire flowers.

1. Baotu Spring Park

Features: wintersweet, red plum, winter jasmine, forsythia, begonia, flowering peach, and magnolia

Flower season: early March to April

Ticket price: 40 yuan ($6.16) per person

Tel: 0531-8692-0680

2. Baihua Park

Features: winter jasmine, forsythia, magnolia, begonia, flowering plum, purple-leaf plum, Chinese herbaceous peony, and cherry blossom

Flower season: from early March to late May

Ticket price: free

Tel: 0531-8890-4980

3. Huashan Historical Cultural Wetland Park

Features: winter jasmine, forsythia, magnolia, and begonia

Flower season: from early March to late May

Ticket price: free

4. Quancheng Park

Features: magnolia, cherry blossom, peach flower, flowering plum, peony, Chinese herbaceous peony, and Chinese rose

Flower season: from March to early April

Ticket price: free

Tel: 0531-8175-0016

5. Qianfo Mountain Scenic Area

Features: forsythia, peach flower, pear flower, and begonia

Flower season: from March to May

Ticket price: 30 yuan for per person and 50 percent discount from Monday to Friday

Tel: 0531-8266-2297

6. Jiuru Mountain Scenic Area

Features: winter jasmine, forsythia, rose, and camellia flower

Flower season: from April to May

Ticket price: 120 yuan per adult

Tel: 0531-8282-6666

7. Red Leaf Valley Scenic Area

Features: plum, begonia, cherry blossom, rose, and tulip

Flower season: from March to May

Ticket price: 80 yuan for per adult

Tel: 0531-8281-8666

8. Jinan Botanical Park

Flower season: winter jasmine (mid-March); magnolia, forsythia, and apricot (late March); rape flower, tulip, flowering peach, flowering plum, and purple-leaf plum (early April); cherry blossom, lilac flower, birch-leaf pear flower, and Chinese wisteria (mid-April); peony, amur honeysuckle, hawthorn flower and begonia (late April); rose, weigela florida, and Chinese rose (early May)

Ticket price: 30 yuan per person

Tel: 0531-8095-0823

9. Baimai Spring Park

Features: magnolia, plum, cherry, apricot, and purple-leaf plum

Flower season: from March to May

Ticket price: 10 per person on work days and 25 yuan for holidays and on weekends

Tel: 0531-8323-9900

10. Zhujiayu Scenic Area

Features: winter jasmine, apricot, peach flower

Flower season: from March to April

Ticket price: 40 yuan per person

Tel: 0531-8380-3186

11. Ziyuan Xiangcao Park

Features: rape flower, winter jasmine, catnip flower, corn poppy, and lavender

Flower season: from late March to May

Ticket price: 50 yuan per person

Tel: 0531-8378-1177

12. Shandong University Hongjialong Campus

Features: winter jasmine, forsythia, white magnolia, begonia, cherry blossom, rose, and peony

Flower season: from early March to late May

Ticket price: free