Brilliant island cherry blossom thousand trees on Dien Bien land

At the end of the winter, to Dien Bien, you should visit the cherry blossom island, where Sakura blooms under the water.

Dr. Tran Le, owner of flower island, said that the cultivation of cherry blossoms in Muong Phang began in 2006, when a Japanese Embassy official gave him 10 seeds for incubation in Vietnam, including 9 mature tree.In the picture is an 8-year-old cherry tree, one of the first 4 trees planted on the island.

After that, the Japanese Embassy requested 5 trees, while 4 trees continued to grow on the island.After 3 years, the plant begins to flower and results.From these seedlings, he multiplied thousands of trees.Currently, many trees have flowered.

20 varieties of cherry for different colors.

From a deserted island which is a grazing area, this place has formed a forest of flowers with hundreds of samples, with the same flower varieties of Da Lat as well as other regions.But the most outstanding is thousands of cherry blossoms with 20 varieties, including original and hybrid.The older the tree, the more cotton.

Located at an altitude of over 1,000 m, Muong Phang in winter has no rain and no hot summer.The temperature difference between day and night is up to 10 degrees Celsius. These factors are consistent with the growth of cherry blossoms.With many years of experience in studying Japanese cherry blossoms, he chose Edohigan Sakura flower of Kyushu island.

He said that Kyushu island has no snow, so the cherry blossoms here will be suitable for the climate of Vietnam.

Cherry blossoms bloom from December. But according to Dr. Tran Le, the flowers are only about 20% newly hatched, will bloom in the Lunar New Year.

With a beautiful location between 600 hectares of lake, "cherry blossom island" becomes a tourist attraction of the historic land of Dien Bien Phu.

Mr. Tran Le (right) and tourists in front of a Japanese cherry tree.