The bustling colors of Cai Mon

The two rivers Tien and Hau carry heavy alluvium, which has created the fruit orchards of the West that are rich all year round. The garden region is not only famous for its lush fruit orchards but also for its flower villages filled with vibrant colors and scents.

If you have fallen in love with the river region, then why don't you come to the West at the beginning of the year to visit and stroll around the famous flower gardens here.

The brilliant spring always calls the names of flower villages such as Sa Dec (Dong Thap), My Phong (Tien Giang), An Thanh ( An Giang ), Vi Thanh (Hau Giang)... and especially Cai Mon flower village in Cho Lach district, Ben Tre province.

With a cool, temperate climate, the people here have traditionally grown ornamental flowers for decades, but in the past 10 years, the flower village has really developed strongly, rising to the top of the flower warehouses supplying the most abundant and diverse products to the Southern market.

People in the West as well as people in the South in general love the yellow and red colors in early spring, so the flower village in the days before Tet is filled with the colors of large chrysanthemums, marigolds, raspberry chrysanthemums, dahlias, carnations, periwinkles and all kinds of roses...

The pruned and shaped yellow apricot trees in the garden for many years are also the strength of the ornamental flower artisans in Cai Mon.

As the Lunar New Year approaches, the main road in Cai Mon flower village is covered in red with bougainvillea flowers, stretching for several kilometers. There are households that specialize in growing this type of flower, with tens of thousands of plants.

Bougainvillea grown here is considered to bloom evenly and last a long time. In particular, the reputation of this ornamental flower from Cai Mon is far-reaching, so traders from many regions choose it, from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi , Tay Ninh, Ba Ria Vung Tau, etc. Although bougainvillea is easy to grow and loves the sun, to make the flowers bloom brightly on Tet and last a long time requires the technique and experience of the grower. They are also creative, grafting varieties to have flower roots with up to 4-5 different flower colors.

In the bougainvillea gardens, I was absorbed in looking at all kinds of flower pots, from small, pretty pots that I imagined would look beautiful in any window corner or yard, to old, rough flower roots with elaborately shaped branches, the flowers not thick but just like dots on a laborious work of art.

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