Gentle Vernicia montana flower season in the mountainous region

Every April, when the first sunlight of summer begins to shine on the mountainsides, coming to Lao Cai, visitors will be able to see the white vernicia montana flower blooming all over the hillsides here.

Vernicia montana flower blooms in clusters with a gentle and subtle scent

Not as famous as bauhinia variegata flower, peach blossom, not as brilliant as rice flower, rhododendron... Vernicia montana flower with a rustic name, gentle color, subtle scent. The small five-petaled flowers form clusters of white, simple, yet make everyone’s heart melted.

Vernicia montana tree, also known as oil painting tree, is the tree that is planted for wood and has medicinal effects. This tree usually grows in mountainous areas with moderate slopes.

Vernicia montana trees bloom on the winding hill road.

Vernicia montana tree is very attached to the lives of ethnic minorities. Every season when the flowers blossom, the mountains and forests seem to be dressed in a new color, shining pure and full of life. The scent of the flowers is gently attached, lurking in the trees.

The beauty of Vernicia montana flower is very rustic and pure. Not proudly blooming on bare branches like rice flowers, the beautiful clusters of white Vernicia montana flowers shyly blossom under the green foliage, like a gentle but timid mountain girl.

If you pay close attention, you will see the delicate beauty of this flower. Vernicia montana flower has yellow stamens, red-pink stamens that stand out among the white petals, graceful and harmonious. Hundreds of beautiful small flowers form a cluster, slightly hidden in the foliage.

In the Vernicia montana flower season, on the mountainous roads of the Northwest in general and Lao Cai in particular, you will easily see the trees reaching out to stand out among the mountains and forests with their clusters of radiant flowers, brightening up the whole mountains and hills. 

Vernicia montana flower has an idyllic, rustic beauty but still makes people's hearts flutter

Stopping under the Vernicia montana tree by the roadside, enjoying the fresh scent of flowers will make you forget all the fatigue of the road and will be more excited about the winding slopes covered with clouds all over four seasons.

Vernicia montana flower, although small, symbolizes the intense vitality of nature, mountains and forests. The flowers, even after falling from the branches to the ground, still retain their pure and radiant beauty, like sparkling stars have just fallen from the sky.

When the season of peach blossom, plum blossom, bauhinia variegata flower, rice flower is over, the highlands in the border areas of the country are still extremely attractive by the pure white color and the gentle fragrance of Vernicia montana flower. If you want to visit the highlands on this occasion, do not hesitate any longer because the Vernicia montana flower season in Lao Cai is still waiting for you to visit. 

Nguyen Thao

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