This yr’s chrysanthemum present on the Punjab Agricultural College (PAU) may have new varieties on provide for the folks. These new varieties are early-blooming flowers.
College students taking good care of new sorts of chrysanthemum flowers at PAU in Ludhiana on Friday. (Manish/HT)
Giving particulars, floriculture division head Dr Parminder Singh mentioned, “Usually, these flowers bloom by November and December, but this time around we have varieties that started blooming as early as October.”
The division has been promoting these flowers for the reason that starting of November and has offered round 500 pots to this point. Dr Parminder mentioned this was the suitable time to purchase the flowers as it might give folks extra time to expertise their magnificence.
“By the time of the show on December 2-4, the plant would have lesser bloom period left,” he added.
For flower lovers, the pots can be found for ₹100-150 and could be purchased from the division retailer from 9 am to five pm on all working days. The flowers could be purchased in bud stage and full bloom stage.
PAU vice-chancellor Dr Satbir Singh Gosal will inaugurate the present on December 3 at 12.30 pm on the Dr Manmohan Singh Auditorium on the college campus.
The present is organised yearly in reminiscence of a famous Punjabi poet Bhai Vir Singh, who had ample love for flowers and penned many poems on chrysanthemums.
Dr Parminder mentioned there can be 10 lessons (incurved, reflexed, spider, ornamental, pompon/button, single/double Korean, spoon, anemone, every other and specifically educated vegetation) for the competitors comprising Japanese and Korean sorts of chrysanthemum.
“The department has a collection of more than 250 varieties of chrysanthemum and released 17 varieties for loose flower, cut flower, pot production and garden decoration which will also be exhibited,” he knowledgeable. The present aimed to disseminate data to the folks in regards to the cultivation of chrysanthemum each for industrial rising and panorama use, he added. Round 5,000 folks attend the present yearly.