Peach blossoms in the forest are scarce in the streets, few customers buy them

Đào rừng xuống phố khan hiếm, vắng khách mua - Ảnh 1. — In contrast to the bustling scene of customers choosing to buy wild peach blossoms in previous years, this year's wild peach blossom market in Vinh city, Nghe An is deserted - Photo: DOAN HOA

On January 23, the 24th of December, when the Lunar New Year 2025 is only one week away, the market for wild peach blossoms is still very scarce at the Vinh city Tet flower market.

At this time in previous years, along Highway 46 through Nghi An Commune, Nghi Phu Ward, Vinh City - considered a large gathering area for wild peach trees by traders - was flooded with wild peach trees, but this year the quantity is very small.

Wild peach is also known as rock peach. This type of peach is often grown in high mountainous areas, where there is frequent drizzle, frost, and high humidity, causing moss and lichen to stick to the tree trunk.

Wild peach blossoms usually have large petals, a light pink color, and a long lifespan. Wild peach blossoms have a wild appearance, so they are favored by many people every time Tet comes and Spring comes.

Mr. Duong Trong Khanh, a long-time seller of wild peach trees, said that before Tet, traders often go to mountainous districts of Nghe An or Laos to “hunt” for wild peach trees to sell to customers. Due to the impact of floods, the rock peach trees on the fields in Laos this year were damaged a lot, and the flowers bloomed later.

“Last year during Tet, I bought more than 100 peach branches from Laos to sell for Tet, but this year I could only buy 40 branches because there are no more peach branches to buy there,” said Mr. Khanh.

Đào rừng xuống phố khan hiếm, vắng khách mua - Ảnh 2. — Wild peach trees are often grown in high mountainous areas with drizzle, frost, and high humidity, so moss and lichens stick to the tree trunks - Photo: DOAN HOA

Due to the need to transport through many stages and the uniqueness, the price of each stone peach branch is often much higher than that of Vietnamese peach. On average, each stone peach tree costs from several million to several tens of million VND.

According to traders, the price of wild peach blossoms this year has also increased by 1/3 compared to last year. For example, a branch that was only about 1 million VND last year has now increased to 1.5 million VND. The purchase price is high so traders do not dare to import much for fear of difficulty in selling.

These days, in Muong Xen town, Ky Son district (Nghe An), hundreds of stone peach trees are being transported by local people to sell on the occasion of Tet At Ty.

Peach trees are transported from communes with large peach areas in Ky Son district such as Muong Long, Tay Son, Huoi Tu, Dooc May, Na Ngoi... Most of them are stone peach trees cut from the fields and home gardens of the locals.

Ky Son stone peach trees are famous for their wild beauty. Some are over 10 years old, have eye-catching shapes, and are covered with moss. They are priced at an average of 2-5 million VND.

Among the peach tree roots for sale, there are large ones, priced at tens of millions of dong.