The Tet flower market is bustling.

Việt Nam•21/01/2024

At flower and ornamental plant businesses in the area, the atmosphere has become bustling, with onlookers, buyers, and sellers creating a lively and vibrant scene, all amidst the beautiful sight of blossoming apricot blossoms, chrysanthemums, lilies, orchids, and other flowers.

Flowers are an indispensable and elegant pastime for the people of La Gi, especially during the Lunar New Year. Therefore, many people dedicate considerable time to choosing flowers. Strolling and buying flowers has become an essential pastime for the people of La Gi in recent years. Visiting flower shops during Tet (Lunar New Year), people not only get to admire the flowers and bargain, but also learn about various flower species, receive guidance on care and fertilization, and especially enjoy the joyful, bustling atmosphere of the days leading up to Tet. Visiting flower and ornamental plant businesses in La Gi town during the days before Tet, we felt this bustling and lively atmosphere even more strongly. It is known that during this time, the Thanh Cong flower and ornamental plant shop in Binh An 2 village, Tan Binh commune, supplies the market with dozens to hundreds of different types of flowers each day. Customers who come here to buy flowers are quite satisfied because this establishment sells a wide variety of flowers and ornamental plants. The most impressive are the bonsai-style plants: from bonsai pines, bonsai starfruit trees, and water jasmine, to ixora plants, all shaped into bonsai. These bonsai trees range in price from a few million to tens of millions of Vietnamese dong, yet they still attract a large number of customers.

The Tet flower market in La Gi in 2024 offers a wide variety of flowers for customers to choose from.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phi – owner of Thanh Cong ornamental plant nursery , Binh An 2 village, Tan Binh commune, shared: “Customers come to buy flowers quite a lot these days, so the whole family has to stay up late at night to sell them. As in previous years, the most popular and frequently purchased flowers are still apricot blossoms, orchids, and chrysanthemums.”

This year, the colors of orchids , especially Phalaenopsis orchids, are incredibly diverse, including orange, purple, yellow, white, pink, and striped patterns. A single Phalaenopsis orchid stem costs from 200,000 VND. Phalaenopsis orchids are usually arranged in pots or mounted on driftwood. Depending on customer needs and preferences, a potted orchid can cost from a few hundred thousand VND to 20 million VND. Because this year there is a large number of customers ordering Phalaenopsis orchids mounted on driftwood, Mr. Nguyen Van Phi - Thanh Cong Ornamental Plant Nursery - is always busy decorating and carefully tending to the orchid pots to ensure they are as beautiful as possible and stay fresh for about 3 months.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phi - Thanh Cong Ornamental Plant Nursery is busy decorating and grafting Phalaenopsis orchids onto driftwood to serve the market demand for the Lunar New Year of the Dragon 2024.

This year, Phalaenopsis orchids mounted on driftwood are quite popular with customers.

Variety is always a priority for flower businesses during Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year ). With international integration, many new flower varieties from temperate regions have been imported to Vietnam, such as lilies , tulips , salem , etc. , enriching the Vietnamese flower market. In addition, there are some varieties originating from Thailand, such as Thai frangipani, Thai orchids, and Thai Dendrobium. This provides customers with more choices, allowing them to find the most suitable flower pots to beautify their homes .

Many customers choose the most気に入った potted plants to buy and display during Tet.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, residing in Ward 1 , Phuoc Hoi Commune, shared : “Compared to previous years, this year's Tet flower market is particularly attractive to buyers because of the beautiful and unique varieties of flowers. Each type of flower, with its different shape and color, competes in displaying its beauty , both beautifying the streets of La Gi and satisfying the needs and tastes of flower buyers.”

It would be remiss not to mention the yellow apricot blossoms of Southern Vietnam in the Tet flower market. Suitable for the tropical climate, the apricot blossoms bloom and sprout new leaves during Tet , signaling the arrival of a new year. Yellow apricot blossoms symbolize nobility, glory, and elegance. Besides apricot blossoms , chrysanthemums, large-flowered chrysanthemums, Da Lat chrysanthemums, and bamboo are also quite popular because, according to many Vietnamese beliefs, "pine, bamboo , chrysanthemum , and apricot blossom " are considered lucky flowers when displayed in the home during the traditional Tet holiday. In addition, traditional kumquat trees, the " great fortune " tree , and the " great wealth " tree are also quite popular because kumquats symbolize abundance, prosperity , well -being, and flourishing. And some new and unusual flowers also attract people equally, such as the money tree , lucky tree , peacock tail , and cymbidium ...

Flower shops are not only places where people come to admire and buy flowers, but also reflect the traditional appreciation and enjoyment of beauty by the people of La Gi town in recent years , especially during the Lunar New Year.

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