Summer Flower 'Mugunghwa' Blooming Brightly in Wanju to Beat the Heat

Nation's Flower Landmark 'Mugunghwa 100-ri Road' in Bloom

Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk announced on the 10th that the national flower Mugunghwa has bloomed along the roadside and Mugunghwa Hill within the county, including the longest Mugunghwa 100-ri Road in Korea located on National Road 17.

Mugunghwa, a representative flower that blooms in summer, is greatly loved by local residents and tourists visiting Wanju. It blooms for 100 days, allowing people to see various Mugunghwa varieties such as Dansim-gye, Baedal-gye, and Asadal-gye. Recently, the county completed maintenance work including pruning, removal of dead trees, fertilization, and clearing of underbrush to ensure the beautiful and healthy growth of Mugunghwa.

The blooming of Mugunghwa along the longest Mugunghwa 100-ri Road located on National Route 17 in Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk Province.
[Photo provided by Wanju-gun]

Mugunghwa varieties are distinguished by the color of their flowers. Flowers that are pure white without a red center (Dansim, 丹心) belong to the Baedal-gye, flowers with a red center are Dansim-gye, and flowers with red patterns on the edges of the petals are Asadal-gye. Mugunghwa blooms from July to October, forming flower buds in the leaf axils of new branches, and the lifespan of each flower is generally 12 to 15 hours, blooming in the morning and wilting by evening.

In particular, Wanju-gun is recognized as a representative site for Mugunghwa. It has been awarded the Presidential Prize three times as an excellent institution for the creation and management of the national flower Mugunghwa sites nationwide, and was selected as a representative city for promoting the national flower Mugunghwa.

To promote the national flower Mugunghwa, the county has hosted the National Mugunghwa Festival 13 consecutive times since 2011, and will hold the 13th National Mugunghwa Festival from the 12th of next month at the Gosan Cultural Park area.

Additionally, in 2010 and 2019, Wanju-gun was selected for the Korea Forest Service’s Mugunghwa creation project, planting 28,000 Mugunghwa plants in three locations including Mugunghwa Hill, holding the largest number among local governments. Major projects actively promoted by the county include ▲ operating the Mugunghwa Exhibition Hall ▲ creating the nation’s first and largest Mugunghwa theme botanical garden with 183 varieties ▲ establishing 15,000 Mugunghwa plants along the 100-ri Mugunghwa Road ▲ overseas Mugunghwa promotion and distribution activities in countries such as Japan and China.

Kang Shin-young, head of the Forest and Greenery Division, stated, "We will actively lead the management and promotion of Mugunghwa to match its status as the national flower, so that it is recognized by the public as a friendly and beautiful flower and loved in daily life."

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