Unique ornamental plants for Tet
Saturday, 06/02/2016 10:18 (GMT+7)
Van Giang district in the northern province of Hung Yen has become famous for growing traditional ornamental trees for lunar New Year festival (Tet). Accordingly, kumquat has become a major agricultural trees of the district.
In recent years, as there has been an increasingly high demand for uniquely shaped ornamental trees for Tet, local farmers have studied and created trees with unusual shapes to satisfy customers’ taste.
Bonsai kumquat trees have appealed to the market over the past years.
Kumquat trees are carefully looked after for Tet.
Kumquat grown in Van Giang district are different from that in other places, as the trees produce bigger and
more yellow fruits and greener leaves.
A gardener painstakingly cares for his plants.
This unique tree can be sold for VND3-4 million.
Uniquely shaped trees are sold along the road in Van Giang district.
The skilful hands of growers help to produce larger numbers of trees of different shapes for customers to have more choices.
According to a gardener, the more fruits the trees have, the more expensive they are.
Customers come directly to the gardens to select ornamental trees for their homes.
Unique kumquat trees ready for Tet.
BTA (Photos: LDO)