gardener

Update news gardener

Buyers of phony ‘mutant orchids' from disreputable sellers lose huge sums of money

What are some of the most popular investment channels in Vietnam? Real estate, securities, cryptocurrency and ... mutant orchids.

Gardener's passion for orchids blooms

 VietNamNet Bridge – People call Tran Tuan Anh "the King of Orchids" because he owns two large gardens measuring more than 4,000 square metres in Ha Noi and Bac Ninh.

Super-big pumpkins in Da Lat

 VietNamNet Bridge – We paid a visit to the glasshouse of Mr. Le Huu Phan, 50, in Ward 9, Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, when he had just harvested 28 pumpkins weighing from 30 to 50 kilos.

Yellow ochna blossoms herald new year

Stalls overflow with bouquets in the markets, blooms hang from pot plants in the streets and flower growers make hay while the sun shines. It's spring festival fever. Hoai Nam reports.

Pictographic bonsai trees

VietNamNet Bridge - By special bending, cutting, grafting and caring techniques, a gardener in Phu Yen province has created unique bonsai trees in the images of animals or human.

Unique fruits for lunar New Year

VietNamNet Bridge – Watermelons in the shapes of cars or gold bars, thousand-finger citrons, grapefruits in the shape of wine gourds… are among the unique fruits for the Lunar New Year 2013. However, these prices are towering high.

Car-shaped watermelon: $500/pair

According to the Phu Tri A Agricultural Extension Club, in Chau Thanh District, Hau Giang province--on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2013, the price for wine gourd-shaped grapefruits ranges from VND1 to VND2 million ($50-100) a pair.