By / MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Team
When people think of the daylily season, they might first picture the golden daylily fields of Hualien and Taitung. But besides those areas, there are also several beautiful spots across Taiwan where daylilies are cultivated. Located in Sun Moon Lake in Nantou, the Living Basin features rare living peat soil grassland. Peat soil accounts for just 1% of the Earth's surface area, and when excluding cold regions, that number drops to a mere 0.3%, making it extremely scarce. This makes it one of the world’s few peat soil areas and the only basin-shaped grass peat region globally. While the usual daylily season falls in August and September, this year a special flatland daylily variety is blooming earlier, starting in May, and the viewing period will last for about a month.
The golden daylily sea in the Sun Moon Lake Living Basin contrasts beautifully with the snow-white mountain forests of blooming tung blossoms (Photo provided by Chen Yanzuo)
Sun Moon Lake’s daylily season this year features Taiwan’s only golden daylilies blooming on the water (Photo provided by Chen Yanzuo)
The Sun Moon Lake Living Basin is home to Taiwan’s rare living basin daylilies (Photo provided by Chen Yanzuo)
Sun Moon Lake Daylily Season (Photo provided by Chen Yanzuo)
At the Sun Moon Lake Daylily Season, you can admire the flower sea and take a stroll along the lakeside (Photo provided by Chen Yanzuo)
- 1
- 2