Bonsai kumquat

The Hanoitimes - A bonsai kumquat pot in the shape of a typical communal house in the Central Highlands or an ancient house of Hanoi's Old Quarters is selling well this Tet (Lunar New Year Festival). Together with peach and ochna, a kumquat is seen as one of the indispensable ornament plants of many Vietnamese families during the festive holiday. A fruit-laden kumquat tree makes a house brighter and warmer, especially in the cold weather in the North. Kumquat is one among essential home decoration items for Tet. Photo: Phong Dao The tree is a popular decoration for the living room during Tet. Its many fruit symbolize the fertility and abundance that the family hopes will come in the coming year. The more fruit on the tree, the luckier your family. Greeting cards and good luck symbols are hung from the Tet tree. This year, the kumquat pots in the shape of a house is a new unique product that is soon favored by many people, thanks to the creativity of planters at Tu Lien kumquat planting village (Tu Lien ward, Tay Ho district, Hanoi). Ms. Ngo Thu Trang, owner of Xuan Loc kumquat garden in Tu Lien village, the creator of this unique bonsai, said that each of them conveys a message, such as a house is the most peaceful place of everyone which nurtures the affection of family members, motivate them to overcome difficulties and achieve success in society and connects all generations together. In order to make the kumquat bonsai planted by a house figurine more diverse and livelier, Ms. Trang chooses typical tiled-roof houses in the Northern Delta, cultural communal houses of the Central Highlands and ancient houses of Hanoi. A Kumquat tree is plant inside an 'ancient house' jar. Photo: Phong Dao According to Ms. Trang, the unique and most important thing is the design of the house models to grow the tree. From the front, each pot of kumquat is a complete house model, but in the back, some holes are skillfully dug to put …

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The Hanoitimes - Hanoi has started getting in the mood for the national biggest festival of the year – the Vietnamese Traditional Lunar New Year. A kumquat pot is seen an indispensable bonsai for many Vietnamese families during the festive holiday. As the Lunar New Year’s Eve of the Golden Buffalo 2021 is approaching, the atmosphere at the village of Tam Xa (Dong Anh district, Hanoi) became more hustling and bustling than ever. This is the time when the farmers harvest Kumquat after a long year of tending. Implementing the local authority’s policy in restructuring crops, more than 10 years ago, farmers of Tam Xa commune started planting Kumquat trees in the riparian areas of the Red River. The locals learned Kumquat cultivation from bonsai growing areas in Hanoi such as Nhat Tan and Tu Lien wards in Tay Ho district or Van Giang district in the neighboring province of Hung Yen. Farmers of Tam Xa commune grow kumquat in 80% of their 218 hectares of farm land. This special kind of bonsai for Tet holidays had become the cash crop, involving nearly 80% of local households in its cultivation. In the days leading up to Tet holidays, the Kumquat gardens on the riparian areas of the Red River are bustling with harvesters and trucks lining up waiting to be loaded with Kumquat trees. This is also the time that Hanoians are preparing for their up-coming traditional Tet festival, thus, they flock here to buy the trees for home decoration during the most special days of the year. According to local farmers, due to the impact of Covid-19 pandemic, the price of 2021 Kumquat crop drops. However, thanks to the favorable weather, the bonsai grows and develops relatively well and the trees are more beautiful, making the sale of Kumquat much easier. Alongside with normal Kumquat which is planted on ordinary pot, farmers in Tam Xa commune have also diversified their offers by …

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The Hanoitimes - A perfect kumquat tree full of fruits may cost around VND2 million (US$86). As Tet is drawing nearer, several gardeners in Tay Ho and Bac Tu Liem districts in Hanoi, among other ornamental trees areas, are preparing to bring their unique plants and trees to downtown. The owners of kumquat gardens in the traditional craft village of Tu Lien are rushing to prepare for Tet. The pots are carved with the familiar images of communal houses in the village, buffalo, among other landscapes and objects of Vietnam's countryside. The owners of kumquat gardens in the traditional craft village of Tu Lien are rushing to prepare for Tet. The kumquat pallets are ready to be taken to the local market. An owner of a kumquat garden in Tu Lien village said that perfect kumquat trees full of fruits may cost around VND2 million (US$86). The traditional kumquat trees seem to be less preferred than the tinier bonsai kumquat, which is planted on pots of different shapes. This year, many people rushed to buy kumquat trees in the middle of the Lunar Eleventh month, which falls in the middle of December. The colors of the kumquat trees match with the red color of parallel sentences. There are several pots in rat shape, this lunar year's zodiac symbol, and the other 11 animals as well as the Sanxing (Deities) who are Fu (Happiness), Lu (Prosperity), and Shou (Longevity). Aside from growing kumquat trees, gardeners also plant flowers including roses or daisy to decorate the altar during Tet. …

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