Indoor and office plant care in Phu My Hung, District 7 — apartments, offices and shophouses

Phu My Hung is a 433-hectare urban area in the former District 7, planned for about 100,000 residents to a master plan by the architects SOM. The district itself ceased to exist on 1 July 2025: under Resolution 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 the city is made up of wards, its basic administrative units, and the urban area, once in Tan Phu and Tan Phong wards, now falls in Tan My and Tan Hung.

Both wards are on our regular schedule, from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM every day. Tell us the development or street and roughly how many pots there are.

Tan My ward

Midtown, Scenic Valley, Riverpark Premier, Hung Phuc Premier in Nam Vien, and the Crescent Lake area.

Tan Hung ward

Sky Garden on Pham Van Nghi, Happy Valley on Nguyen Van Linh, and Sunrise City.

Villas and townhouses

My Kim, My Thai, Nam Vien and the streets round Crescent Lake.

The rest of District 7

Tan Thuan and Phu Thuan wards are on our District 7 page.

Behind glass, a house plant is lit through the windows, dried by the aircon and hardly stirred by a breeze. Set deep in the room it stretches and pales; against west-facing glass its leaf edges can scorch in the dry season. What differs is the layout and position of each development.

Sky Garden

Standard apartments of roughly 56–106 m² (CafeF), with living room, dining table and kitchen in one space. Bright spots are few, so the specialist suggests which pots belong near a window.

Scenic Valley

More than half the apartments are about 70–77 m² (CafeLand). Low floors and sides facing the main roads collect more fine dust, so large leaves are wiped at each visit.

Riverpark Premier

Mostly three-bedroom apartments of 112–132 m², the developer says. Plants are spread over many rooms, so the record sheet is kept room by room.

Midtown

The Peak stands beside Sakura Park and the river, and afternoon sun falls for a long time on whatever sits near the glass; pots by the window are turned or moved at intervals.

Hung Phuc Premier

In Nam Vien, which the developer presents as the green core of the urban area; dry leaves and pollen blow into the loggia and are cleared from the pots there.

Happy Valley

Two-storey duplexes of 170–325 m² (CafeLand), where plants are recorded floor by floor.

Sky Garden's penthouses, roughly 174–500 m² according to CafeF, usually have a roof terrace or a wide balcony where plants take sun and rain directly, and the villas have porches and yards. In most apartments the outdoor space is a loggia shared between the washing line and a few pots.

Reflected sun and strong wind draw water out of the soil much faster than indoors, so moisture is tested before every watering. Each pot stands securely on the floor and never on the railing, and water stays in the pot and saucer. When repotting we choose a sealed saucer and a lightweight mix, in line with the building's rules on balcony items.

The city government portal gives May to November as the rainy season: outdoor pots are then watered less because they waterlog easily, and standing water in saucers, where mosquitoes breed, is poured away each time. A potted fruit tree such as a lime can be added after the survey, with no commitment on flowers or fruit; trees planted in the ground are a separate service.

Phu My Hung was planned with homes set among offices, schools and shopping centres. Beyond the ground floors on Nguyen Van Linh, Nguyen Luong Bang and Ton Dat Tien, there are shops inside the apartment developments themselves: 13 commercial units at Riverpark Premier and 23 shops at Happy Valley according to the developer, and 56 at Sky Garden 3 according to VnExpress. Where customers walk in every day, the plant by the counter is the first thing they see, and usually nobody's job.

• On a recurring contract it becomes ours, with one contact, one schedule and one task list.
• Visits before opening and within the hours the building allows.
• Plants are listed by location, and an Up Report after each visit tells the office administrator how they are.
• Payment follows acceptance of the work, with VAT invoices.
• A plant is replaced or added only where the contract provides and after approval; new plants, pots and potting mix are quoted separately.

The Up specialist, a trained member of UpClean's identity-verified staff, starts by testing the soil, not by reaching for the watering can: a pot is watered only if the plant needs it. Yellow and wilted leaves and dead stems are then removed, large leaves are wiped with a clean damp cloth, and pots, saucers and the floor around them are cleaned.

Feeding follows each plant group's own cycle, in moderate doses, and is withheld from a plant weakened by waterlogged roots. Leaf undersides, leaf joints and the base are examined for mealybugs, spider mites and fungal disease; an affected spot is treated locally and the pot set apart. A root-bound plant is proposed for a larger pot with a loose, free-draining mix. Everything goes onto the address's record sheet: species, position, water given and last feed for each pot.

Apartment and office towers in Phu My Hung all set rules for outside service companies: staff registered by the resident beforehand, ID checked in the lobby, the service lift for equipment and work within permitted hours. We ask about each building and send the specialist's name, photo and contact number before every appointment. CafeF notes that Nguyen Van Linh is often congested at peak hours; we promise no travel time, so for a standing slot choose a weekday time away from the rush.

Keys

The handover of the key or access card and the rooms the specialist may enter are put in writing first. A key can be left with building management or a representative; only the assigned specialist handles it, and it is never copied.

English

Phu My Hung is a multicultural area, home to the Taipei School, the Japanese School, the Canadian International School and the Korean International School. Enquiries, quotes, booking confirmations and Up Reports can all be in English. For an English-speaking specialist at home, note it when you book; if we cannot arrange one, we tell you beforehand and help by phone or message.

There is no price list. A few pots on the loggia of a 70 m² apartment, plants in every room of a three-bedroom home, a penthouse roof terrace and a row of planters in a showroom lobby are four very different amounts of work. The price therefore follows a free survey, on site or from photos and video, and depends on the number and size of pots, how often we visit and the access. The written all-inclusive quote gives the number of visits, the work at each one and anything charged separately, such as repotting or new plants; nothing is added without your written agreement.

• A care task that is not up to standard is redone within 48 hours at no extra cost.
• Nobody can promise how an individual plant will fare, and we do not: no commitment that it will live, recover, flower or fruit. Whether a plant is replaced is fixed by your contract; a plant losing strength is reported early in the Up Report.
• A plant-protection product is the last choice: if one is needed, it is a legally permitted product at the dose printed on the label, and in an enclosed room mechanical and spot treatment is tried first.
• To book, send photos of the plants and where they stand, with the name of your development, to 0968 726 135 on WhatsApp or Zalo.