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Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (8)

Today we were driving into the mountains and into snow. We were back in rhododendron...

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27 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (7)

On this day, we set out from Zhongdian to drive round Napha Hai Lake Traditional...

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23 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (6)

After a picnic lunch, we started looking at plants in an alpine meadow full of native...

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20 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (5)

After an overnight stay in a very comfortable hotel, we had another full day of driving....

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16 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (4)

The previous day had ended with rain, and the weather did not improve over the next...

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13 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (3)

We had two nights at another homestay, perched on the side of the valley We had...

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9 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (2)

Yunnan was a rich hunting ground for plant hunters in the nineteenth and early twentieth...

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4 Aug, 2017
Andrewr

Yunnan - Land of the Southern Cloud (1)

In mid May, I flew off to Yunnan in southwest China for another botanising holiday....

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31 Jul, 2017
Andrewr

New Borders in an Old Garden

Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest in the country, dating back to 1621, but they...

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5 Jul, 2017
Andrewr

Who needs flowers?

It is now ten years since I started work on my foliage garden. Yes, it has flowers,...

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13 Jun, 2017
Andrewr

Is it or isn't it?

Being a plantsman, I am always on the look-out for interesting and unusual plants....

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4 May, 2017
Andrewr

Bulbs and dionysias - Iran in April (5)

We were now nearing the end of our holiday, but there was time for one more botanising...

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2 May, 2017
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