While I was touring the Royal Villa (aka Swiss chalet) at Doi Tung in Northern Thailand, I came across a substantial planting along the walkway of Perennial Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens), an attractive ornamental plant with small white flowers. Like so much of the flora in this mountainous region of temperate Northern Thailand, this low growing evergreen shrub is not indigenous to Tropical Asia. In the case of the Candytuft, it is native to Western Europe. The altitude at Mae Fah Luang Botanical Garden and the Royal Villa at Doi Tung is approximately 4500 feet above sea level - mornings and evenings can be quite cool here.

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