Love Blossoms

Love Blossom I (心花朵朵开 I)
Title card of Love Blossoms.
Genre	Modern Comedic Drama
Created by	Chen Sew Koon 陈秀群 Seah Choon Guan 谢俊源
Starring	Chen Shucheng Ivy Lee Felicia Chin Zhang Yaodong Terence Cao Zheng Geping
Opening theme	心花朵朵开 sung by Cavin Soh
Ending theme	1) 算数 by Cai Meiyi 蔡美仪 2) 无可取代 by Cavin Soh 苏智诚
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language(s)	Chinese
No. of episodes	58
Production
Producer(s)	Winnie Wong (王尤红）
Running time	approx. 45 minutes per episode
Release
Original network	MediaCorp TV Channel 8
Original release	28 May – 15 August 2008
Chronology
Followed by	Love is All Around
Related shows	Love Blossoms II
External links
Website

Love Blossoms (Chinese: 心花朵朵开, pronounced as Xin Hua Duo Duo Kai ) was the long-running drama produced by Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. Part 1 was aired from 28 May 2008 to 15 August 2008, and consisted of 58 episodes. Part 2, consisting of 55 episodes, was aired from 2 December 2008 to 9 February 2009.

Widower Tao Dashun (Chen Shucheng) runs a floral nursery business Tao Garden . He has four daughters; however, he is not expressive with his affections and his daughters become very distant from him as they grow up.

Dashun has been estranged from his eldest daughter Linglan (Constance Song) ever since he personally sent her to a drug rehabilitation centre when she was 18. The rebellious Linglan did not return home after her release. She gave birth to a daughter, Yiling (Chen Chuxuan), and after her boyfriend abandoned her, both began living with a bookie, Lu Gua (Chen Tianwen), who often looks for opportunities to violate Yiling.

Yiling becomes good friends with Dashun by coincidence and through this Linglan is reunited with her father. Linglan is indifferent to Dashun's good intentions to make things up to her. Lu Gua on the other hand takes advantage of Dashun's guilt to reap benefits out of him.

Dashun's second daughter Zijing (Ivy Lee) is married to a flower vendor, Yun Kaiwang (Zheng Geping), and they have a daughter, Feifei (Grace Ng). Due to financial constraints, she has decided not to try for a son – a decision that places her at odds with her mother-in-law Su Baozuan (Jin Yinji). Kaiwang's sister Caixia (Patricia Mok) moves back home with her husband Kang Qingxiong (Rayson Tan) when his business fails and he goes bankrupt. As Caixia is not on cordial terms with Zijing, this further fuels the existing bad blood with her mother-in-law.

Qingxiong instigates Kaiwang to get a second wife overseas to bear him a son. Kaiwang is tempted and his indecisiveness causes Zijing to leaves home. While trying to win her back, Kaiwang discovers that she is an incorrigible gambler and even owes huge debts to loan-sharks. In a fit of anger, Kaiwang suggests a divorce and insisted that she quit her habit before reuniting with him.

Qingxiong's second wife Ruan Erbo (Priscelia Chan) arrives from Vietnam to look for him. He forces Kaiwang to be his scapegoat and the latter reluctantly agrees to protect his sister's marriage. However, Erbo falls in love with Kaiwang and Zijing misunderstands that Kaiwang has really taken a second wife. She goes to Malacca to nurse her bruised feelings. Kaiwang follows in pursuit and an opportunity to reunite is interrupted by an accident which leaves Zijing unconscious. Thinking that Zijing has given up on him for good, Kaiwang returns to Singapore.