Bac Ha plateau is purple with Platycodon grandiflorum

Going through the spring with immense white of plum, pear flower, to the March with rice flower season, creating red fire on the cliffs, Bac Ha plateau also has another flower season - Platycodon grandiflorum season dyed in purple mountains and hills in summer sunny days.
Platycodon grandiflorum is being grown in Ta Van Chu commune (Bac Ha).

These days, visiting the “white plateau” do not forget to visit medicinal herbs area of international standard on Vietnamese soil. Not far from the center of Bac Ha town, on the hillside, in the deep valley of upper district, in the communes of Ta Van Chu, Ta Cu Ty, Lung Phung is filled with purple color of Platycodon grandiflorum. June is the time when Platycodon grandiflorum blooms.

Thousands of Platycodon grandiflorum blooms on the hill.

Tourists enjoy recording beautiful moments.

Coming here, you will come across a valley of dreamy purple Platycodon grandiflorum, between immense mountains and forests, fresh air. Under sunlight of early morning, the tiny beautiful purple petals fluttering in the wind, surrounded by thousands of green leaves, was so beautiful. 

Not only creating clean and precious medicinal plants, the cultivation of Platycodon grandiflorum contributes to hunger eradication, poverty alleviation, job creation, and income increase for ethnic minorities in Bac Ha highland. Double benefits from Platycodon grandiflorum plant, in addition to being a valuable source of medicinal herbs, in the past two years, Platycodon grandiflorum hills have become a famous check-in point of Bac Ha, attracting domestic and foreign tourists to experience.  

Platycodon grandiflorum is a precious medicine in Eastern medicine.

Platycodon grandiflorum season usually lasts through the end of August every year, do not miss the opportunity to explore exciting valuable purple herbs valley when coming to Bac Ha.

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