Apiaceae, peach blossom, dahlia and violet are flowers which you only see on Hanoi’s streets.
The special flowers only appears when the Lunar New Year (Tet) and spring comes. Fragrant flowers of old apiaceae plants on streets give people a sign of coming spring. On the night of last day of the lunar calendar, the fragrance of old apiaceae spreads to clean away the old year and welcome the new spring.
Peach blossom is an icon of Hanoi spring. On cold winter days, peach buds are waiting to burst open until spring sunlight comes. Peach blossoms symbolize Hanoi spring. Every house has a peach branch, large or small, arranged on the ancestor altar.
Violets in a flowerpot on Tet always brings sweetness during spring days. Violet flowers are delicate and slender and only blossom when spring comes.
Dahlia flowers are a reminder of old Hanoi Tet, dahlia flower blossoms, spreading its petals to welcome spring. Dahlia flowers have their own beauty, which is not exquisite but simply it always presents in Tet flowerpot. Enjoying dahlia flowers in pot and in the garden, remember about Hanoi Tet in the 1980s. It is simple.
Narcissus flower is not easy to grow. Narcissus bulbs are sold on the occasion of Tet with few timid buds. Pure white flowers in the vase are simple and elegant. Narcissus flower blooms only for a few days, then fades and waits for a new spring.
The delicate petals with gentle colours of pansy flutter after flower vendors. Pansy has thin petal, slender stem and light colour. The flower, which only blooms when spring comes had been never missed in flowerpots on Tet. Pansy is easy to arrange. It can be arrange with other flowers or alone.
Another season of mustard greens flower bloom on dike slope, where rivers around the city flow. Mustard greens flower has a simple and refined beauty and it blossoms in November and February.
Through the cold winter days, suddenly going on the street one day and seeing Dalbergia tonkinensis blooming. Dalbergia tonkinensis flower is elegant and cool. Its silky white petals seem to light the sky. Dalbergia tonkinensis flower blooms quickly with spring sunlight and go quickly, so that passers-by had barely startled to see flowers, the flower season is over. That is March when the spring already comes.