Wintersweet flowers are in full bloom across the city, and Shanghai's greenery authority said that the best time to appreciate the plum blossoms is around mid- and late February.

From Thursday, the Shanghai Haiwan National Forest Park in Fengxian District will host the China Plum Blossom and Wintersweet Exhibition, the biggest of its kind in the city. It will feature some 42,000 plum blossom trees of over 120 varieties and about 5,000 wintersweet trees and pots — some of them rare species.

Wintersweet flowers will be at their best till middle of February. Few plum blossom varieties have already flowered at the park.