The unique Tet tree “does not touch” in the West

Can Tho – In addition to the usual Tet ornamental plants such as apricots, peaches, chrysanthemums, persimmons, etc., this year, many people like to play Tet with ornamental plants that “don’t touch” home-grown plants.

Coming up once more, every New Year to spring is the time when Western gardeners bring to the market unique products to serve the unique needs of the people.

This year, in addition to the usual Tet ornamental plants such as apricots, peaches, chrysanthemums, persimmons, etc., many gardeners display unique and “untouched” plants.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nam (55 years old, native of Hau Giang) said that this year besides some flowers such as raspberry chrysanthemum, marigold, rose, he also planted more chili, cabbage, sugarcane, melon… to create New point for your flower shop.

“Each name of each plant will have different meanings to display on Tet holiday. For example, cabbage means a lot of wealth in the house, sugar cane means sweet and happy family, and papaya tree means a sweet and happy family. is affluent, complete.

As the owner of the stall “Four precious woody grapes”, Mr. Sau Chanh (Con Khuong, Can Tho City) shared: “This grape comes from Australia, now in the West.

only planted in Ke Sach area, Soc Trang province. Because I saw a strange grape variety, I bought goods from Soc Trang to sell to people to play Tet.

According to Mr. Sau Chanh, this grape fruit is very delicious, the intestine is similar to that of mangosteen. Especially, the tree has both flowers and fruits, often displayed in front of the house on New Year’s Day as a sign of having an early spring home. Currently, this grape variety is sold by him for a price ranging from 2 to 10 million depending on the size of the tree and the number of flowers and fruits.

Chicken eggs (also known as lekima) are also displayed by gardeners to sell Tet at stalls.

A rare plant in the West is “Honeysuckle”. According to the stall owner, this plant is meant to attract luck, fortune, and favorable work for homeowners.

Although this is the first year to display the “corn” stall selling Tet, Ms. Vo Thi Son (O Mon District, Can Tho City) has been visited and bought a lot by customers. Ms. Son said that she started selling from December 23, but so far, half of the quantity has been sold, the rest here are already booked, now only a small amount left.

According to Ms. Son, customers often believe that displaying corn on Tet holiday will bring all good things to the family, especially business in the new year will be convenient and “as sure as corn”.

Currently, this ornamental corn is being sold by Ms. Son for 150,000 VND / pair, which has both good meaning and affordable for the people, so it is popular with customers.