There are nearly 2 months left until the 2024 Lunar New Year, at this time, gardeners who grow flowers and ornamental plants in the province are actively taking care of and shaping unique and strange ornamental plants to meet consumer demand client....
There are nearly 2 months left until the 2024 Lunar New Year, at this time, gardeners who grow flowers and ornamental plants in the province are actively taking care of and shaping unique and strange ornamental plants to meet consumer demand client....
Ornamental pomelo in Lien Nghia commune (Van Giang)
Van Giang district has over 800 hectares of flowers and ornamental plants for Tet. To enhance product brands, gardeners meticulously create unique and strange designs for traditional citrus ornamental plants such as oranges, kumquats, tangerines, and ornamental grapefruits; Planting new flower varieties with more durability and more vibrant colors. Currently, the proportion of "unique" and "strange" flowers and ornamental plants accounts for about 10% of the area of flowers and ornamental plants in the entire district.
The flower and ornamental plant craft village in Lien Nghia commune (Van Giang) has long been famous for its unique citrus ornamental plant products that are bent and shaped into water hyacinth and heart-shaped vases that are meant to bring luck and prosperity. in New Year. This year, many gardeners planted large-sized grapefruit trees, attracting customers to visit and order early. Mr. Ly Van Duc, Dan Kim village, Lien Nghia commune shared: My family planted 42 "huge" pots of ornamental grapefruit with different themes such as: Marks of time, reaching far, faith and hope... To create a highlight for ornamental works, grapefruit trees must have an average height of 5 meters or more; Grapefruit pots are also uniquely designed in the shape of dragon boats, cars, clocks... To date, my family has sold 5 pots of ornamental grapefruit for the amount of 650 million VND. If all 42 pots of ornamental grapefruit are sold, my family is expected to earn over 3 billion VND.
For localities specializing in growing flowers in Van Giang district, creative gardeners shape some types of flowers such as peonies, bougainvillea... into the shape of hearts and peacocks. The paper flower products here are also grafted to create colorful, umbrella-shaped paper flowers that look very eye-catching; Some types of monochrome bougainvillea flowers are grafted onto large, rough Thai bougainvillea roots to create ancient, winding waterfall-shaped ornamental plants. According to records from gardeners, paper flowers that are extracted, grafted, and shaped cost from 1.5 million VND/tree or more. To renew the traditional camellia products of Phung Cong commune, gardeners graft camellia eyes onto the stems of camellia trees (in the same family as camellia) with a height of 3 to 7 meters to create "huge" tea trees. , serving the needs of customers with a large decorative campus. Mr. Chu Van Bien, Phung Cong commune (Van Giang) shared: Although the investment and care costs are large, the "huge" tea trees are less competitive in price, building the brand of Bien Hue tea garden. .
While many gardeners who grow ornamental plants in Thiet Tru village, Binh Minh commune (Khái Chau) only innovate pot designs to renew local ornamental plant products, the family of Mr. Le Van Nguyen, Thiet Tru village, boldly Bend tangerine trees into a strange dragon shape. Mr. Nguyen shared: Every year, I create new ways to make the family's bonsai "unique and unique" such as: Bending it into the shape of a buffalo or snake or renting designs for ornamental pots that represent my zodiac animal. year. This year, to welcome the year of the Dragon, I shaped the ornamental tangerine tree into the shape of a dragon. Currently, 1 pot of mandarin orange shaped like a dragon has been sold for 35 million VND, the remaining 3 pots are of interest to many customers inside and outside the province. Not only meticulously shaping the dragon-shaped bonsai, my family also focuses on designing miniature landscapes and pots to highlight the bonsai work.
According to professional assessments, citrus ornamental plants are shaped beautifully and strangely by people, mainly in Van Giang district and Khoai Chau district. However, the number of unique ornamental plant products is not much because of large investment costs and high prices. Every year, gardeners mainly create new things for ornamental plants by planting them in ceramic pots, water hyacinth vases or mascot pots representing the zodiac animal of the year... From the creative minds and skillful hands of farmers. Every Tet holiday and spring, tourists and traders inside and outside the province can feast their eyes on the unique flower and ornamental plant works of craft villages. This is not only an effective way to promote but also contributes to increasing people's income, helping the province's flower and ornamental craft villages develop sustainably.
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