Seasons of flower in Vietnam (Part 2)
Under BlogLotus is grown in everywhere along the country, but the most famous place for this flower is Dong Thap Province. Lotuses in Dong Thap bloom all year around, especially in floating season (from August to November). The charming and pinky lotuses spread out to an extremely immense and poetic water area. This fantastic scenery has become inspiration to a lot of poets and artists.
Autumn in Hanoi is one of the most beautiful features in this ancient city in particular and in the whole country in general. Part of reason is that the autumn is the flowering season of Blackboard tree (Alstonia scholaris). This white flower with an intensively sweet scent is the most amazing and unique thing about Hanoi. Walking along the street in a slight chilly air and inhaling the aromatic and faintly sweet smell of lovely white clusters of this flower is a very romantic and wonderful experience.
Rhododendron is a specific flower growing on high mountains in Vietnam such as Hoang Lien Son, Bach Ma, Tam Dao, etc. It has two colors including red and white, which bloom year round, but the most notable time is in April. And Fansipan Mount (Lao Cai Province) is dubbed “Kingdom of Rhododendron”. Trekking on this highest mount in Southeast Asia in this time, you can see amazing scene of blooming flower covered up the imposing mountain.
Flamboyant is the symbol of Vietnam’s summer. Whenever this tree flowers, it means the summer has been coming. And Hai Phong city is the only place in Vietnam dubbed “City of flamboyant”. Thousands trees of flamboyant are planted on streets of Hai Phong, turning the summer in here is really flaming and vivid by the red flowers.
Coffee is a developed agricultural product in Central Highland. But it is not just that. In annual March, coming to this highland, you will have a great chance to see stunning coffee flowers. Millions tiny, lovely and pure white clusters of coffee flowers are wrapped up immense basal hills, plateaus and fields, bringing amazing and fresh scenery of this land in spring.