2010 spring flower market opened in Dong Nai

10:02, 10/02/2010

The 2010 spring flower market opened in Dong Nai the provincial Culture and Sports Complex with 170 pavilions displaying flowers from central and southwestern provinces. It will remain open until February 13, Lunar New Year’s Eve.

The 2010 spring flower market opened in Dong Nai the provincial Culture and Sports Complex with 170 pavilions displaying flowers from central and southwestern provinces. It will remain open until February 13, Lunar New Year’s Eve.

2010 spring flower market in Dong Nai

Most participants in the event are owners of garden houses in Ben Tre and Dong Thap provinces, who are showing hundreds of flowers, some of them priced at more than VND100,000 per pot.

 

This year’s Dong Nai flower market does not offer as many golden apricot flowers as in the previous years; instead, there are mainly apricot trees planted in big pots. Some traders say this year people are tending to choose green ornamental trees and bonsai trees. Some trees with edible fruits are also being displayed.

 

Owners of garden houses say the prices of familiar flowers such as daisies, peonies, cycads and carnations have risen by 20-50 percent to VND30,000-50,000 per pot as a consequence of weather changes and higher costs in caring and transport. Apricot prices alone have increased by 40 percent.

 

The Dong Nai flower market also has some varieties of flowers imported from places abroad, such as the Netherlands.

Reported by P.V