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Default The Opulence of Flowers in Vietnam is breathtaking.

The pictures below show the lavishness of the displays in the urban flower shops. You have to look
closely to pick out the individual artful arrangements, which get lost in the wealth of these displays:







The next shot shows a section of one of those ubiquitous roadside marketing offers, this one for
bonsai type plants.




The next two photos show a couple of individual displays in hotels, where we stayed:



All my life long I have criticized the pressing of flowers into structural displays,
but here it is done 'in tune' with nature, rather than subduing it.





And the last two give you a glimpse of the macro landscaping efforts in such hotels and restaurants:






When I see all this, I cannot help but feel very ignorant and incompetent as a "gardener".

Stay tuned, more to come
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