Located about 35 km from Pleiku City (Gia Lai Province), next to Highway 19, the garden of about 5,500 m2 is a place to display hundreds of bonsai Lagerstroemia trees collected by Mr. Hoa from 2010 to present. All are ancient trees from several decades to hundreds of years old.
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A small corner of the bonsai garden. Photo: Ngoc Duy |
Entering the garden, everyone will be overwhelmed by the unique beauty of hundreds of Lagerstroemia trees with all kinds of rare shapes, from flying, brotherly, mother-child, to straight... All are natural masterpieces, with almost no human intervention.
Mr. Hoa shared: For more than ten years, he and his wife have traveled everywhere to hunt for and buy beautiful and unique Lagerstroemia trees from many different regions such as Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Phu Yen, Binh Duong, Lam Dong... Sometimes, they even had to go back and forth and beg many times before the owner agreed to sell.
In particular, among hundreds of strangely shaped ancient trees, there are 2 "one of a kind" trees with unique shapes. These are the trees shaped like a dragon and a camel, extremely beautiful. These are the trees that Mr. Hoa "cherished" the most, estimated to be worth about 6-7 billion VND.
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The camel-shaped Lagerstroemia tree is displayed by Mr. Hoa in his garden. Photo: Ngoc Duy |
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| The dragon-shaped Lagerstroemia tree attracts many young people to check in. Photo: Dong Lai |
“The tree has the shape of a dragon crawling up a cave, with four legs, and the flower branches symbolizing the dragon’s beard growing up. It is both soft and graceful, and majestic. In addition, because the tree trunk is large and sturdy, people can “ride” on the dragon’s back to pose without fear of breaking branches,” Mr. Hoa confided.
Mr. Hoa added: Many trees in the garden reach the “perfect” level of bonsai with balanced width and height. What is special is the combination of hundreds of years old rhizomes, with large roots, strange shapes, grafted with Thai Lagerstroemia buds with deep purple color, long-lasting flowers, creating the tree’s own charm.
Mr. Tran Quoc An (68 years old, residing in Group 1, Kon Dong town) shared: “Mr. Hoa and I live next door, so we often go back and forth and share experiences in caring for bonsai trees. Mr. Hoa and his wife are very passionate and take care of the garden themselves. Especially, when they know where there are unique-shaped Lagerstroemia trees, they will immediately go there to find a way to own them.”
Sharing about his purpose of collecting, Mr. Hoa said: “Although it is a woody plant, its flowers are very beautiful and attractive. In particular, every year the tree flowers regularly twice in March-April and July-August. Therefore, although hundreds of people have come to buy it over the years, I have decided not to sell it because I have already devoted my love to this type of flower.”
According to his family, this is not a place for trading but to create a space for sightseeing, sightseeing, and tourism for those who want to "change the wind" after a tiring working period on weekends and holidays. At the same time, it connects people with the same interests and passion for bonsai trees and purple flowers.
To make the garden grow as well as it is now, Mr. Hoa encountered many difficulties in the process of taking care of the trees such as: monitoring the process of the trees from the roots, stems, leaves, detecting and killing insects... Currently, the garden has 4 workers working every day. He himself spends at least 10 hours a day to monitor and take care of the trees to grow beautifully, according to his wishes.
The “crazy fan” of Lagerstroemia said that his family’s main source of income for the past 20 years has been stone carving (stone benches, fountains, tombstones, sculptures, etc.). However, he has spent all of his income from the job on pursuing his passion for Lagerstroemia.
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| Mr. Hoa shared that his family's financial resources come from stone carving and making spiritual items from stone... Photo: Dong Lai |
“I don’t remember how much money I spent on the plants, not to mention the travel expenses during the search. Not only that, sometimes I had to borrow from friends and relatives and pay them back gradually, because I didn’t have enough money,” Mr. Hoa added.
It is known that Mr. Hoa and his wife are cherishing the idea of turning this place into a tourist destination with an open space design and a super wide view for visitors to admire the whole garden. It can be seen that many people are familiar with the colors of roses, hydrangeas... now they can change the view with a picture filled with the purple color of shimmering, dreamy Lagerstroemia flowers.
Mr. Hoa said: “In the immediate future, during the months when the Lagerstroemia flowers are in full bloom, I will open the door to serve tourists for free check-in. After that, continue to complete the garden and facilities to turn this place into an interesting tourist destination in the future, combined with accompanying services suitable for the trend. This promises to be a new and unique destination for tourists when coming to this billion-dollar garden in the district town.”
Clip: Fascinated by the unique hundred billion VND bonsai garden of Lagerstroemia in Mang Yang. Made by: Ngoc Duy, Dong Lai |
Source: https://baogialai.com.vn/me-man-vuon-bang-lang-bonsai-doc-nhat-vo-nhi-o-mang-yang-post283250.html
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