The beauty of Hanoi in 12 flower seasons

There is a special song in Vietnam that describes flowers: "Hanoi's 12 flower seasons". The song easily touches the hearts of listeners, especially those who love Hanoi. Hanoi has a typical tropical climate of northern Vietnam, with four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter, always carrying poetic and romantic beauty from typical flowers with unique beauty. That gentle beauty makes anyone who travels far remember a simple yet extremely charming Hanoi.

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1. January – Peach blossom
January is the first month of the year, although at this time, Hanoi still has low temperatures, even with the sunshine it can still be freezing cold, but this is also the time when Hanoi is gentle and passionate. It is made more beautiful by the shy peach branches, blooming buds on old bicycles roaming the streets. Looking at the delicate petals of flowers fluttering in the dusty rain, surely everyone feels excited because spring has begun to knock on every door.

When talking about peach blossoms in Hanoi, you definitely cannot miss Nhat Tan peach blossom village. Nhat Tan flower village is the most famous flower growing village in Hanoi in Tay Ho district, Hanoi. Nhat Tan peach blossoms have bright colors with thick petals and extremely beautiful tree shapes. Every Lunar New Year, peach blossoms bloom and attract a large number of young people in Hanoi from all over to visit, take photos and buy peaches.

2. February – Ban flowers
Ban flowers are a typical flower of the Northwest, starting to appear in Hanoi since the 1960s. In winter, the tree sheds its leaves and puts sap into the stem to feed the buds. From late February to early March, the flowers begin to bloom. blooms and lasts for about a month, becoming a feature of the city. The ban flower has 5 petals, usually white with pink, purple, light purple and pink stripes. Ban flowers in Hanoi are purple or light purple flowers.

The streets with the most ban flowers are the Hoan Kiem lakeside area, Bac Son, Dien Bien Phu, Hang Bong, Thanh Nien Street, Lenin Park... But perhaps the most beautiful is Hoang Dieu street, for Bac Son Memorial area. There is a walking path here, with about 20 banyan trees planted in straight rows, white, purple and pink colors fluttering in the cold wind, bringing an extremely romantic beauty to Hanoi.

3. March – Sua flowers
Hanoi has many "exclusive" flower seasons, and one of them is sua flower. Sua flower season in Hanoi usually starts at the end of February, in clear spring weather with drizzle and humid climate. Sua flowers do not bloom sporadically, but each time they bloom they cover the entire tree, brightening up a corner of the sky. And every time a wind blows, dozens, hundreds of white flowers fall, creating an extremely romantic scene that moves people's hearts.

Milk trees are most abundant on Phan Dinh Phung, Hoang Hoa Tham, Phan Chu Trinh, Giang Vo or Thanh Nien streets... In addition, you can also see a few skim trees on Lang street or a spreading skim tree in the middle of the Me Tri dormitory yard on Luong The Vinh street.

4. April – Lilies
Lilies are also called "April flowers" by Hanoi people, because they only bloom once in April every year, considered a sign of "calling" summer. Although not as bright and fragrant as many other flowers, the simple white color creates a unique pure beauty for lilies. Amid the bright sunlight of early summer, with the pure white color of flowers and the green color of leaves and stems, bouquets of lilies on flower stalls appear on all the streets and alleys, making the capital city stuffy. Ordinary days suddenly become poetic and romantic.

5. May – Poinciana flowers
Every summer, from mid-May to June, poinciana flowers begin to bloom all over the streets of Hanoi, pouring down to form flower carpets that attract everyone passing by. The red color of Poinciana flowers on summer days seems to give Hanoi a new, fresher, more attractive outfit.

Poinciana is planted interspersed with lilac flowers on many roads around Hoan Kiem Lake, so when summer comes, it looks very prominent thanks to its purple-red color. You can go to Hoan Kiem Lake, West Lake, To Lich riverside road... to admire this brilliant summer color.

6. June – Lotus
June is considered one of the most beautiful months of the year in Hanoi, when the lotus season begins to bloom, radiating a fragrant scent to the capital. In the midst of the hot and humid weather of summer, seeing street vendors filled with lotus flowers is truly a pleasure that brings an indescribable feeling of happiness.

In addition to the street vendors that are easily seen on bicycles on streets like Yen Phu, Thanh Nien, Mai Xuan Thuong,... you can also go to the flower markets of Quang An, Dong Xuan market... to find what to buy. Give yourself the most beautiful lotus bouquets.
In addition, West Lake lotus pond is also a place not to be missed. During each lotus blooming season, the vast lake surface is covered with thousands of huge lotus leaves, interspersed with lotus buds standing tall in front of the sun and wind. There, the lagoon owners will open a tea service and rent ao dai for guests to take photos of. This is also the lotus harvest season for artisans to marinate tea.

7. July – Crocodile flower
Crocodile flowers are likened to the alarm clock of Hanoi's summer. Every time the rows of crocodiles on both sides of the road begin to lose their leaves, revealing delicate flower clusters, people whisper about another summer coming soon. , so close. Not as bright as sunflowers, not as beautiful as lotus flowers, crocodile flowers quietly give themselves a private space, carefree with the vast sky and wind, but still enough to make people's hearts swoon.
Crocodile flowers are milky white or yellowish in color, with tiny, round flower clusters like lovely pearls, fluttering and playing in the wind. Although not very fragrant, crocodile flowers still have a scent that makes many Hanoi people fall in love. Maybe you won't recognize those scents because of hundreds of other scents on the street. But somewhere in July, there is still the gentle, faint sweetness of the crocodile flower.

8. August – Strawberry flowers
Every time August slowly comes, Hanoi people see images of tiny, pure white mulberry flowers on every street. The oval mulberry is a plant with strong vitality despite its fragile petals. Just stick an old branch into the ground and it will automatically take root, sprout, sprout, and flourish. When blooming, oval strawberry flowers form tiny bunches. Every time the wind blows, flowers fall, turning the whole road white.
Just imagine, the feeling of late summer when the sky still smells of hot sun, just seeing the white moonflower color on the blue sky between the roads, it suddenly feels like summer has suddenly passed. lost.

9. September – Milk flower
A Hanoi entering autumn with gentle, chilly winds and the passionate scent of milk flowers spreading throughout the streets gradually over time has become an indispensable part of this place. It can be said that milk flowers are the specialty of Hanoi's autumn.
Milk flower season actually starts from the end of September and lasts until the beginning of December. Usually, towards the end of the season, the scent of milk flowers becomes stronger. And especially at night, the accumulated heat of the day stimulates milk flowers to bloom. Milk flowers are not as colorful as Royal Poinciana flowers and purple Polyscias fruticosa flowers, but they "compensate" with a unique, even unique, scent. Each time the season comes, each tree bears white flowers in luxuriant clusters, and the wind blows the scent of the flowers far away.
There are streets in Hanoi that are known as "milk flower streets", because every few meters there is a tree. The streets that must be mentioned are Quang Trung, Nguyen Du street, then Duy Tan, Quan Thanh, Le Quang Dao, Lo Duc, Dao Tan. In particular, Nguyen Chi Thanh street, Dong Da district is about 1.7 km long but has about a hundred milk flower trees.

10. October – Chrysanthemum
I don't know when daisies became "Hanoi's autumn specialty". Just wake up one morning and walk down the street to see daisies carefully wrapped on bicycles to know autumn is coming. really. Those beautiful, small white petals make Hanoi's winter unmistakably gentle.
Each daisy season only lasts about three weeks. During this time, you can easily see white daisy carts on streets such as Giang Vo, Yen Phu, Phan Dinh Phung, Tran Nhat Duat ,...In addition, you can find daisies in familiar places such as Nhat Tan flower village, Red River rock beach, Tay Tuu flower village.

11. November – Heather
In the last months of the year, besides the beauty of outstanding autumn flowers such as daisies, Hanoi becomes even more special because of the picturesque purple heather season. Purple heather is a flower originating from Italy and introduced to Vietnam and has strong vitality in cold climate regions of Vietnam such as Da Lat and northern provinces, including Hanoi.
Come November, you will easily admire purple heather flowers on carts passing through the streets on cold days. This flower only appears on the street for about two weeks and then disappears, before the cold winds of winter rush past.
 

12. December – Yellow mustard flowers
When winter comes to Hanoi, the brilliant yellow mustard flower gardens blooming endlessly are what make people restless. If with daisies, you can easily see flower baskets along the road, weaving their way into every corner of Hanoi, then with mustard flowers, to fully admire the beauty of this flower, you have to go there. all the way to the garden, and the farther the garden is from the city center, the more beautiful it is.
Normally, mid-December onwards will be the time when mustard flowers bloom most beautifully, however, the blooming time is very short, only about two weeks. So, when December comes, take the opportunity to visit Yen Vien Gia Lam mustard garden, Trau Quy mustard garden, Phu Dong mustard garden, Thach Ban mustard garden...
With 12 typical flower seasons, twelve flowing streams and twelve wonderful things that create a different Hanoi. Those are "the longing for the days we went away. These are the desires to return" (Hanoi 12 flower seasons).

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