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Plant tours to western China?

24 years ago

Does anyone know of any companies running tours to far western China? I'm thinking not of garden tours but tours of areas which are botanical 'hotspots' for plants in the wild. If anyone knows anything, perhaps you could email me direct as a reply to this post would come close to being commercial. thanks a lot Rebecca

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Gay Wolken
22 years ago
Most of far western China is desert or mountainous. They grow grapes in the Urumqi area and Xinjiang produces a wonderful melon called Hami gua. This would not be an area regarded as a botanical hot spot of the world. Adventure Center has a 23-24 day trip along the Silk Road (goes from Beijing to Pakistan) Their no. is 800-227-8747.
Gay
Clare
22 years ago
Some US plant nurseries go on collecting trips to China and offer sort of a collecting tour package to China. I think you have to be prepared to "rough it" on such a trip. "Collectors Nursery" is one such business that does this. You can find them on the internet.
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