A 200-year-old Chinese plum tree (Prunus mume) breaking out into 2,000 blossoms became the "shining star" during the New Year's Chinese Plum Flowers Exhibition held in the Shizi (Lion) Garden, a classical garden in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, on February 23.
Some 20 name brands with more than 130 pots of flowers were exhibited, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists.
(China.org.can translated by Li Jingrong, February 25, 2003)
