5,000 plants to be on display at Hislop flower show
tnn | Dec 1, 2018, 04:04 IST
The 15th edition of Annual Flower Show organized by department of Botany, Hislop College, will begin on SatrurdayNagpur: The department of botany of Hislop College has organized its annual flower festival-cum-sale in which more than 5,000 plants will be kept on display and 4,000 on sale.
The two-day fair will be inaugurated on Saturday and will be open to public on both days from 8am to 8pm. There are over 60 varieties of chrysanthemums, 50 of roses and hundreds of other seasonal and perennial plants. In addition to this, many rare indoor plants will be displayed which are not quite widely grown like asparagus and ribbon grass.
A few flowering plants kept on sale are tuka (sadaphooli), multiple-coloured roses, marigold (genda), petunia, ester, bignonia, celosia, zinnia and others.
The exhibition will display flowers cultivated by the department which have been painstakingly grown with vermin-compost made by collecting waste from the college campus.
“Fallen leaves, waste from the canteen and other biodegradables are collected and decomposed to form an organic fertilizer which is rich in nutrients. We only rely on it for growth of these plants,” said organizer Parma Majumdar. The exhibition will also display specially cultivated plants under green houses.
Principal Dipti Christian, vice-principal RJ Andrew and head of the botany department Mousami Bhowal were present at the press conference.
The two-day fair will be inaugurated on Saturday and will be open to public on both days from 8am to 8pm. There are over 60 varieties of chrysanthemums, 50 of roses and hundreds of other seasonal and perennial plants. In addition to this, many rare indoor plants will be displayed which are not quite widely grown like asparagus and ribbon grass.
A few flowering plants kept on sale are tuka (sadaphooli), multiple-coloured roses, marigold (genda), petunia, ester, bignonia, celosia, zinnia and others.
The exhibition will display flowers cultivated by the department which have been painstakingly grown with vermin-compost made by collecting waste from the college campus.
“Fallen leaves, waste from the canteen and other biodegradables are collected and decomposed to form an organic fertilizer which is rich in nutrients. We only rely on it for growth of these plants,” said organizer Parma Majumdar. The exhibition will also display specially cultivated plants under green houses.
Principal Dipti Christian, vice-principal RJ Andrew and head of the botany department Mousami Bhowal were present at the press conference.
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