January is covered by the peach blossoms
Upon arrival of spring, we will meet the image of bicycles bringing branches of peach blossoms along every street, from the big ones to the small lanes of Hanoi. It is the small beautiful blossoms that remind us about the arrival of another warmly Tet – the biggest holiday in Vietnam – a rare chance for family members who live far from each other to gather and enjoy cherry moments.
Flowers of dalbergia tonkinensis (Hoa sưa) covers Hanoi with pure white color in February
If you take a tour in Hanoi in the late February or early March of lunar calendar, you will see a Hanoi shining with the pure white color of Hoa sưa.
Hoa sưa is very beautiful but its time is rather short. Suddenly, when you wake up in the early morning, you will see a white color covering the sky like an unexpected gift. But the blossoms will soon be gone with the wind, leaving space for green leaves.
March is the month of bombax flowers
Bombax flower which has also known as Mộc mien or Pơ Lang flowers is very popular in villages of Northern Vietnam in general and in Hanoi in particular. This kind of flower is associated with the childhood of many generations. Its blooming remind us a nearly end of the spring and a sunny summer is coming.
The image of blazing red bombax flowers offers Hanoi a peaceful beauty.
The bombax flowers spread a blazing red color over the sky of Hanoi in each March
This flower is associated with the childhood of many Vietnamese generations
“It reminds us the end of spring and touch of summer”
Hanoi in April is filled with Lily flowers
Upon arrival of April in Hanoi, mixed together with the summer sounds is the image of bicycles of lily flowers reaching every corner of Hanoi. Seemingly, almost everyone want to spend some of their time stopping at the vendors and bring some branches of lily which owns a pure white and perfume.
Fields of lily flowers in its most beautiful moments.
Lily flowers reaching every corner of Hanoi
May arrives with banaba and flamboyant –the flowers of students
Banaba and flamboyant flowers are those which are associated with the one of the most innocent moments of a person – the moment of being a student. These two types of flowers go one by one create a long summer. When the violet color of banaba flowers becomes fainted, we start seeing blazing red flamboyant flowers along the streets.
Banaba flowers – the flowers of violet ink.
Showing beauty in bicycle baskets of students.
Flamboyant – the flower of students
dyeing the sky with blazing red
students’ bicycle baskets filled with red flamboyant flowers
Hanoi welcomes June with lotus
When you see June touching Hanoi is the time you also see its symbol – lotus. With its beauty and perfume, lotus is in the favorite list of every Hanoian. It is not for decoration, it is for taking photos also. To pick the best lotuses, the lotus picker must wake up in the very early morning, paddling their boats along maze of lotus leaves and pick the fresh lotuses.
June – time of lotuses
In the pond, the lotus flower is beautiful.
Lotuses picked in the early morning.
Lotuses together with bike reaching every corner of Hanoi
July is time of sunflowers and aragonite flowers
Many Hanoians like sunflowers. Bikes covered by blazing yellow color attract the eyes of all people on the street.
Bundles of sunflowers make a street corner dyed in yellow
Sunflower – the flower facing the sun, facing the light
Together with sunflowers, July in Hanoi is associated with the image of aragonite flowers – a gentle flower of summer in Hanoi which is not known by many people. Due to it very small size, people is unlikely to see the aragonite flowers if they do not pay their attention.
It is difficult to see aragonite flowers without intention
Small and pretty blossoms cover the road
The flowers of Clausena excavata burm bring August to Hanoi
When the soil is wet by showers – typical of summer in Hanoi is the time we see image of thousands of thousands of tiny clausena excavate burm flowers blooming. And they will sway lightly in the wind of the summer.
Flowers of clausena excavate burm covers the streets of Hanoi with attractive white carpet
Tiny white flowers have been familiar to many generations of Vietnamese
September – month of milk flowers
When thinking of the autumn in Hanoi, people often think of the image of milk flowers. Bundles of lightly yellow flowers with fragrant perfume have entered into songs of Hanoi in a very natural way. With the fast pace of life, people can sometimes forget the date or month, but only an unexpected sweet scent of the milk flowers is enough to remind us about the arrival of another autumn.
Milk flowers along streets of Hanoi.
Flowers of elegant color
Remind the arrival of another autumn
October – month of various kinds of daisies
Daisy is the featured flower in the transition of autumn and winter. Daisies are in various colors from yellow to white, all making an attractive Hanoi.
Daisy bikes on every street of Hanoi
Pure ox-eye daisies
November comes together with forget-me-not flowers
November in Hanoi is associated with violet color of forget-me-not flowers. For many people, this kind of flower represent the faith in love.
Soft violet of forget-me-not flowers represent faith in love
December comes with yellow blumea flowers
Covering Hanoi when the December comes, the seemingly simple flowers is associated with the childhood of many generations
Extensive fields of yellow blumea flowers
A simple flower of Hanoi
With such very Hanoi features, Hanoi is worth a visit at any time during the year.
