Every year in January and February, Dalat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is blanketed by the pink of sour cherry flowers (Prunus cerasoides), or mai anh dao in Vietnamese, which is a harbinger of spring.

During the time, sour cherry flowers bloom at every corner of the romantic city—from streets to schools and old France-style villas. Both tourists and locals are enchanted by the lovely beauty of mai anh dao.


 

The lovely pink flowers have five petals

In Vietnam, Dalat is the only locality where you can find sour cherry flowers

Age-old sour cherry trees in Dalat





Sour cherry flowers expose their beauty under the sunshine

 

 

 

Pink flowers fully cover the tall tree


A backyard looks marvelous with branches of sour cherry trees on which flowers are in full bloom

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