Bonsai growers in Vietnam have become quite imaginative this Tet season, making fruit trees into bonsai.
In recent years, besides the development of popular kinds of bonsai and flowers, bonsai growers have turned fruit trees such as papaya, guava and mandarin orange trees into bonsai trees worth millions of VND each.
Luu Van Rang, from from Lai Vung District, Dong Thap Province is one of the first households in the Southwestern region of Vietnam to be successful with mandarin orange trees small enough to grow in a pot. Rang can earn hundreds of millions of VND each Tet.
Rang said this year his family has around 200 such trees for sale, valued at VND2.5-3 million each (USD119-142.8).
Many households in Dong Thap Province’s Sa Dec Flower Village, Ben Tre Province’s Cai Mon Flower Village and Can Tho City’s Phu Tho Village have also used fruit trees to create bonsai trees, making large profits this time of year.
Nguyen Van Hieu, a bonsai grower from Long Hoa Ward, Can Tho City, said he hopes to sell 20 ornamental papaya pots at between VND700,000 and VND1 million each.
Huynh Van Ut in Ben Tre Province’s Cho Lach Flower Village said he has used thistle and dragon fruit trees for bonsai. It is important for growers to have skills in taking care of the trees, and to have aesthetic sense to shape the tree well.
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Đăng ký: VietNam News
