The last two months of the year are the time when wild sunflowers across the country bloom, their bright yellow colors attract many tourists to admire and take photos.
Wild sunflower, also known as chrysanthemum, sunflower, wild sunflower, is an easy-to-grow, fast-growing plant that usually flowers in late fall and early winter. Each flower usually has 13 bright yellow petals, about 8 – 10 cm wide, surrounding the round pistil. Wildflower season lasts about a month and is most beautiful two weeks after blooming.
The end of the year in Ha Giang is the time when buckwheat, a typical flower of the rocky plateau, blooms. From around October to the end of November every year, in Phong Quang commune, Vi Xuyen district, about 8 km from the center of Ha Giang city, wild sunflowers are also showing off their bright yellow colors.
Wild sunflowers are grown in abundance in Lung Cang and Ban Man villages. The wild sunflower road in Phong Quang commune is more than 1.5 km long, extending from the commune’s central market to the elementary school, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists to visit and take photos, according to the website. Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang province. Photo: Pham Vu
From October to December every year is the season when wild sunflowers bloom in Dien Bien . The color of the flowers is like the color of warm sunlight, dispelling the cold winter of the Northeast.
Along the roads leading to Dien Bien Phu city, Muong Nhe, Muong Ang, Dien Bien Dong districts, in villages, streams, and hillsides, the yellow color of wild sunflowers appears. In some places, wild sunflowers bloom in patches, adorning the natural scenery here, according to the electronic information portal of Dien Bien province. Photo: Kieu Duong
In the 20s of the last century, when building a church and 9 villas on Ba Vi, Hanoi , the French brought this wild sunflower variety to plant. The rapid proliferation has turned wild sunflowers into a typical flower of Ba Vi .
Wild sunflowers in Ba Vi National Park usually flower around October – November every year. From the garden gate to the 1,100 m core (the area at the foot of the Upper Temple), wild sunflowers dye yellow on both sides of the road. The most concentrated area is located at an altitude of 400 m with a flower forest up to 10 hectares wide. In some other areas, flower clusters grow scattered.
Since 2015, realizing the love for this flower, Ba Vi National Park has planted more wild sunflowers to develop into tourism products, according to the Ba Vi National Park website. Visitors can buy tickets to enter Ba Vi National Park for 60,000 VND per ticket for adults; 20,000 VND for students and 10,000 VND for students. Photo: Kieu Duong
With suitable climate and soil, wild sunflowers are also grown widely in Tam Dao town, Vinh Phuc province . In winter, the weather in Tam Dao town town is very cold, down to 2 or 3 degrees Celsius, so few flowers can bloom. Therefore, at this time wild sunflowers are dominant. The wildflower season here starts around October and lasts until around December.
About three years ago, wild sunflowers were grown a lot at Ms. Nguyen Thi Trang’s homestay, village 3, Tam Dao town. Hundreds of wild sunflowers planted on the hillside during the blooming season become a favorite check-in spot for young people. Currently, wild sunflowers have been grown widely in the gardens of homestays, resorts, on the hillsides or along the passes leading to the center of Tam Dao town, according to the website of the Center for Information and Tourism Promotion of Vinh Phuc province. Photo: Quynh Mai
Along with mustard flowers and poinsettias, the yellow color of wild sunflowers contributes to the beauty of the Moc Chau plateau , Son La , in winter. Flowers start blooming around October and last until the last month of the year.
The yellow color of wild sunflowers appears a lot on the side of National Highway 6, the road to Thong Cuong, Ba Phach, Van Ho commune, Loong Luong, the road to Tan Lap tea hill, tea hill near Pa Khen sub-area and roads. land around Moc Chau town, according to the Vietnam National Tourism Administration website.
In Son La province, there is also Suoi To highland, which is also home to many wild sunflowers blooming. On the way here from the center of Phu Yen district, wild sunflowers lined both sides of the road, glowing with a warm yellow color to dispel the cold at high altitudes.
The wild sunflowers here are flowers that grow wild on the fields, fences, and both sides of the road. After the roads were renovated, this area attracted many visitors in the winter to see the wild sunflowers thickly covered in dense, misty mountains and forests, according to the web portal of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Travel to Son La province. Photo: hai8
The western branch of the Ho Chi Minh Route (the section passing through Huong Linh and Huong Phung communes, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri ) is one of the favorite routes among backpackers. Realizing that the climate and soil here are suitable for wild sunflowers, from the wild wild sunflower clusters, some individuals and organizations have replicated the planting of this flower.
Coming to Quang Tri from late October to November every year, the golden wild sunflowers are in full bloom. The Ho Chi Minh Route’s western branch has become a bright golden road stretching among thousands of thousands, according to the Quang Tri Provincial Party Committee’s electronic information portal website. Photo: Ha Le
Chu Dang Ya volcano is located in Ploi lagri village, Chu Dang Ya commune, Chu Pah district, Gia Lai , known as the paradise of wild sunflowers. November is the most brilliant time for wild sunflowers with their overwhelming yellow color.
Climbing to the top of the mountain, visitors will take in a view of the sky with green patches of mountains and forests, trees and grass mixed with the yellow color of wildflowers on the basalt ground.
Wildflower Festival – Chu Dang Ya Volcano is usually held in November every year, recognized by the Vietnam Record Organization as number one in the top 10 most attractive destinations of Gia Lai province in 2017. Wildflowers Kneeling is a unique symbol of the Central Highlands because the time the flower blooms signals the arrival of the dry season, according to the website of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration. Photo: Tran Hoa
From the end of September to the end of October, Da Lat and Lam Dong will have the most beautiful wildflower season of the year. The most beautiful wildflower road in Da Lat is Trai Mat – Cau Dat – D’ran town, especially the section from Trai Mat to Cau Dat tea hill. Besides, the road from the old Cam Ly airport to Ta Nung pass also has the most beautiful flower viewing spot, the old Cam Ly airport (in ward 5), only about 3 km from the center of Da Lat city.
Prenn Pass and Lien Khuong Highway, the section through the pass to Highway 20 and then turn right onto Highway 27, wild sunflowers blooming along the winding roads with pine forests are a favorite wedding photography location for many couples. .
In the city center, visitors can go to Da Lat University (Phu Dong Thien Vuong Street, Ward 8) to hunt for wild sunflowers. Or from Palace 3 (Trieu Viet Vuong Street, Ward 4) to the clay tunnel and Tuyen Lam Lake, visitors will go through a long road with wild sunflowers. The wild sunflowers here will bloom most beautifully around the end of October. Photo: Nguyen Minh
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