Dalat is in the season of purple phoenix flowers, with warm and sunny weather that easily pleases tourists. Wandering the streets, tourists can easily see purple patches against the blue sky.

The most impressive are the two rows of purple poinciana trees on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street. Many poinciana trees are blooming with purple flowers… captivating the footsteps of many tourists and locals.

At the end of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street is Da Lat Market. Purple phoenix flowers decorate the most beautiful market in Vietnam, designed by the late talented architect Ngo Viet Thu.

On Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, there is the first purple phoenix tree in Da Lat City, planted by the late agricultural engineer Luong Van Sau in 1962. At that time, because our country's breeding technology was still immature, the development of this flower species originating from America encountered many difficulties. The owner of the first purple phoenix trees in Da Lat once said that at that time, any family that owned a purple phoenix tree was considered noble.

In recent decades, thanks to advances in breeding technology, purple phoenix flowers have been bred and planted throughout the mountain town of Da Lat.

The authorities also named a beautiful road in Tuyen Lam Lake after Purple Royal Poinciana; planned roads with many purple Royal Poinciana trees to create urban landscape highlights such as Yersin, Tran Phu, Hai Ba Trung, etc.

Nearby streets such as Nguyen Van Cu, Nguyen Thai Hoc, Tran Quoc Toan… are also filled with purple with clusters of breathtakingly beautiful flowers. Purple phoenix flowers have become a symbol of poetic beauty in the land of thousands of flowers.

Purple phoenix flowers blooming in front of a hotel in Da Lat. Not only on the main streets but also on small alleys, parks, hotels, and scenic spots, visitors can easily see the romantic, melancholy purple color of purple phoenix flowers.

Nguyen Thuy Linh (from Ho Chi Minh City) confided: “We call purple phoenix flowers the “specialty” of March in Da Lat because only in a place with a cool, chilly climate like this can we have such a gentle purple phoenix flower season. The soft, purple petals have a pleasant, faint fragrance. The romantic purple color of this flower has contributed to creating the brand of the sad city, the dreamy city of Da Lat”.

In the first lunar month, while visiting Da Lat, many tourists come to pagodas to pray for peace. Some young people confided: Indeed, if royal poinciana is planted all over the country, purple royal poinciana flowers almost only bloom in places with suitable soil conditions and cool climate like Da Lat. Perhaps that is why many people have a special love for this flower.