Sapa attracts visitors not only by nature, mountains, terraced rice field or colors of the minorities but also by the flowers.
In Sapa there are many beautiful flowers and here is: Top 7 most beautiful flowers in Sapa.
Tam Giac Mach Flower
Tam Giac Mach (triangle circuit) is a very important tree crop only after rice and corn. It is grown by local people, not grow up by itself in the forest. Therefore, when you ride motorbike o Bac Ha and Si Ma Cai, you can see there are many Tam Giac Mach trees in this place but just a few in the other places because it depends on local people.
In the pass, local people in Bac Ha and Si Ma Cai grew Tam Giac Mach (triangle circuit) tree to get seeds which used as food. This kind of tree is called like that because its leaves and flower petals have the shape of triangle. When the flowers die, they will create fruit. In each fruit has tiny circuits of seeds, very tiny but precious because it is very rich in nutrition.
Sapa roses
Coming to Sapa means visiting poetic beauty of Fansipan Peak all year round covered by clouds, Ham Rong Mountain with colorful flowers, the Ancient Stone Field, Silver Falls – Heaven Gate or unique fair of ethnic groups. In addition to those popular attractions, Rose Valley has been also an increasingly attractive destination to both domestic and foreign travellers in Sapa.
Azalea flower
Every year, just at the end of march, the flowers of the azalea (or one can also call it the rhododendron) blossom brilliantly, making the forest Y Ty (Bat Xat) more colorful.
Besides the Fansipan mountains (Sapa), the ancient forest of Bat Xat also has many azalea’s flowers. The azalea blooms only once a year, usually in the spring, and distributes at altitudes of more than 2,200 meters, where the climate is cool all of the year. The flowers of this tree are also different through other places.
Sapa peach blossom ( cherry blossom)
The most outstanding flower is cherry blossom (also peach blossom) which is considered to be the symbol of Sapa. Cherry blossom blooms at the beginning of year and wilts when spring pass. This flower is seen everywhere, on the slopes, in the gardens or along the road. There is even a forest of peach tree here which looks like a white-pink bubble in season.
White plum blossom where Sapa forest
This is plum blossom. Dissimilar from peach flower, plum blossom is spotless white that looks like snowflakes. This flower bloom in just 2 or 3 weeks, after that it will begin to wilt for young fruit. Plum fruit has a good taste and is easily purchased in market.
Orchid flower Sapa
In the Spring, many orchids in full bloom everywhere.
Walking in Ham Rong Mountain, you will enter an orchid garden located halfway up the mountain. There are 6,000 orchid baskets with hundreds of orchid species, including the rarest ones in this garden.