The majority of osmanthus trees in Taiwan are of the winter-flowering variety semperflorens. They flower later than on the mainland, starting around ROC National Day (10 October).
寶島的桂花以四季桂居多，花期比大陸較晚，每年雙十國慶前後頭水開花，此後大約每二十天一個花期，直到清明前後。