Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

By Huynh Phuong   January 19, 2021 | 09:45 pm PT
Residents and visitors are enjoying spring time in Da Lat as the Central Highlands town’s beauty gets enhanced by Bauhinia trees in full bloom.
Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

The white Bauhinia flowers are attracting a lot of people to Da Lat in January.

The town’s Quang Trung Street is lined by the trees that have shed all their leaves, leaving just the flowers on its branches. Cameras and smartphones are out in force at this time.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

The flowers and fruits foreground a corner of the Lam Dong Post Office on Tran Phu Street.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

Here, the white blooms are seen against the green canopy of pine trees.

This year, the Bauhinia flowers have joined Da Lat’s famed cherry blossoms.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

Sunny blue skies interspersed with white clouds are a great backdrop to the mostly bare branches of a Bauhinia tree in bloom.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

Locals say that these trees were planted in Da Lat in 2007 and many have now reached 10-12 m in height.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

The flower has five petals with small stamens and usually grows near the tips of the branches. Their nectar attracts many insects.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

The flowering branches frame the steeple of the Con Ga Church, an old French architectural vestige on Tran Phu Street.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

A couple poses with a Bauhinia tree on Tran Phu Street. The flowers usually bloom from early spring to summer.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

A telecom tower at the Lam Dong Post Office seen through the jutting and blooming branches of a Bauhinia tree.

Da Lat gets bedecked in white flowers

Apart from Da Lat, travelers can enjoy the beauty of the flower in the northwestern part of the country.

Photos by Phan Nhat Dang Thu

 
 
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