The director said the department has imported 4.20 lakh fresh bulbs, including 20 new varieties, this year for the 15-hectare garden.
Asia's largest tulip garden on the banks of Dal Lake here was thrown open to visitors today about two weeks ahead of schedule as the Valley experienced warmer days leading to earlier blooming of the flowers.- Meanwhile, many nature lovers and stakeholders in Kashmir's tourism industry have expressed dismay over reports that the PG&F Kashmir is planning to convert the exclusive Tulip Garden into an all-season garden by planting other flower varieties like Lilium, Dahlia, Peony, Hydrangea, and Ranunculus besides fruit trees like Pome, berry and nuts along with tulips. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)
- Local residents are equally enthused by beautifully laid garden next door. \"The garden has started come to life with white, red, orange and purple varieties of tulips already in bloom. The full bloom is only about a week away,\" an official of Kashmir's Department of Parks, Gardens and Floriculture (PG&F Kashmir) said. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)
- About 500 gardeners and labourers have worked hard over the past few weeks to give final touches to what has become a major tourist attraction in Kashmir's main town. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)
- Srinagar's Tulip Garden has been described as a flori-marvel' by cultivators as the tulips spread a rainbow of red, orange, purple, white, pink, parrot and yellow colours on the precincts when in full bloom. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)
- The idea of the garden was conceived to advance the tourism season in the Valley by two months. The average life span of the tulip flower is three to four weeks but heavy rains or too much of heat can destroy them.
- The garden, in the foothills of Zabarwan Range, has a total of 1.5 million tulips and its opening marks the beginning of new tourism season in Kashmir Valley.
- The director said the department has imported 4.20 lakh fresh bulbs, including 20 new varieties, this year for the 15-hectare garden. \"We also have 5.80 lakh old bulbs, so the total number of bulbs is around 10 lakh,\" he said.
- Pervez said the garden was opened two weeks earlier as warm days during the last few weeks had led to early blooming of the tulip bulbs.
- The garden was thrown open for the public on Wednesday ahead of schedule as the weather this year advanced the bloom of the tulip bulbs, Director Floriculture Talat Pervez told PTI.
- Formerly known as Siraj Bagh, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden was opened in 2008 by the then Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Asia\'s largest tulip garden on the banks of Dal Lake here was thrown open to visitors today about two weeks ahead of schedule as the Valley experienced warmer days leading to earlier blooming of the flowers.
The director said the department has imported 4.20 lakh fresh bulbs, including 20 new varieties, this year for the 15-hectare garden.
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