The hobby of playing with apricot blossoms on Tet holiday

Every time Tet comes, Spring comes, the flower market becomes bustling with a myriad of colors. Besides peach and kumquat trees with unique shapes and forms, this year, the apricot blossom market also attracts the attention of many flower and ornamental plant players.

Binh Dinh yellow apricot trees are sold a lot on the streets in Viet Tri city.

Apricot blossoms are a symbol of spring in the traditional New Year of the Southern people, but recently, with the development and cultural exchange, people in the province tend to enjoy both peach and apricot blossoms during the Lunar New Year. Based on the actual needs of customers, many traders have "taken the trouble" to transport apricot pots from the Southern provinces and cities to serve the preferences of the people of the Land of Ancestors.

Along Hung Vuong and Tran Phu streets, in the Xuan flower market area of ​​Viet Tri city, it is not difficult to see the appearance of bright yellow apricot pots for sale. At the yellow apricot flower selling point on Tran Phu street, Gia Cam ward, there are quite a lot of customers coming to see, ask for prices and buy apricot flowers.

Mr. Tran Van Huy - a mai flower trader said: This is the first year I have brought 200 yellow mai trees from Binh Dinh province to sell in Viet Tri, mainly mai trees with a size of 1m or more, aged from 5 to 10 years. The mai trees are all numbered, with their height, width and shape clearly marked for customers to easily choose. The price of the mai trees ranges from 1.8 million to 6.9 million/tree. The price of mai trees is high or low depending on the shape of the tree, age as well as the quality of the flowers. The more unique, beautiful and unique the tree is, the higher the price.

According to the assessment of yellow apricot traders, this year the weather is favorable so most of the apricot trees are in the bud stage, preparing to bloom in the days before Tet. At this time, the purchasing power of yellow apricot trees tends to increase day by day, although it has not reached the expectations of the traders, there are many positive signs.

Answering customers' concerns about the difficulty of taking care of apricot trees because they are not suitable for the weather in the North, Mr. Huy and many traders selling yellow apricot trees instruct that customers buying trees need to pay attention to providing enough water, the trees will bloom evenly and have long-lasting color. If taken care of carefully, they can be enjoyed until the end of January.

Bonsai yellow apricot tree costs from 250,000 - 350,000 VND/tree and is the choice of many customers during Lunar New Year this year.

While focusing on choosing and buying bonsai yellow apricot trees with the criteria of beautiful, compact, balanced, harmonious shape with the price from 250,000 - 350,000 VND/tree, Ms. Nguyen Thanh Huong, Van Co ward, Viet Tri city said: In recent years, in addition to peach and kumquat trees, I often choose to buy a pot of yellow apricot trees to put on the coffee table to create a highlight for the space in the house and hope that the new year will always bring peace, prosperity and good luck to my family.

Unlike the yellow apricot variety that prefers warm weather, the mai flower prefers the cold, icy winter. In the midst of a forest of flowers and ornamental plants with all kinds of domestic and foreign flowers, the smallness, softness, and purity of the mai flower makes many people pay attention and stop to watch.

Viet Hang garden has over 200 mai flower pots, serving the Tet flower hobby of the people of the Land of Ancestors at the 2025 Viet Tri Spring Flower Market.

For 6 consecutive years, Viet Hang garden house in An Hoa village, Tan Linh commune, Ba Vi district, Hanoi city has opened a stall selling mai flowers at the Viet Tri Spring flower market. Mr. Bui Anh Viet - Garden owner said: In the past 3 years, the trend of people buying mai flowers to display on Tet holiday has increased 2-3 times compared to previous years. This year, in addition to the stall at the Viet Tri Spring flower market, I opened another point of sale in zone 12, Thanh Mieu ward to help people directly see and view the flowers more easily. Hopefully, this year the amount of flowers sold will reach about 300 trees, an increase of 50 trees compared to 2024.

Regarding the quality of this year's mai flower, Mr. Viet said: Thanks to favorable weather, the mai flower has a beautiful shape, the tree has many buds, and many flowers. The price of mai flower ranges from 300,000 VND to tens of millions of VND/tree, in which, the price segment from 300,000 VND - 3 million VND is the most popular.

Compared to other flowers, the mai flower has an advantage because of the color change during the blooming cycle. Initially, the flower buds are dark pink, when the flower blooms, the flowers are pure white, evenly spaced, overlapping each other. Especially when the flower fades, the flowers will gradually turn red.

The uniqueness and diversity of flowers have added freshness to Tet. However, most flower traders in general and apricot flower traders in particular have commented that this year, due to the general economic difficulties, customers are more cautious about spending. Compared to last year, purchasing power is slower at this time, and it is expected that after December 23, purchasing power for flowers and ornamental plants will increase. No matter which flower is chosen for decoration, the beauty and fragrance of the flowers bring a warm, vibrant spring atmosphere to welcome a new year of peace, abundance and prosperity.

Ha Nhung

Source: https://baophutho.vn/thu-choi-hoa-mai-ngay-tet-226821.htm