Bidhannagar Flower Show Sees Record Participation

“Last year we had about 35 participants while this time it was 63, and everyone submitted multiple entries.”

“There were individual as well as corporate entries and the judges, who usually take about three hours to reach their verdict, took around five hours.”

“Most Adeniums we see in the city are Adenium Obesum, whose slender base looks intertwined but this is Adenium Arabicum, whose base looks swollen.”

“This is a 25-year-old plant and during season, in February or March, pink flowers will fill it up. I brought it for competition here for the first time this year.”

“I love plants but specialise in bonsais.”

“This was difficult to execute but I used special adhesives and sand to stick containers to the tube.”

“Petunias saw lots of competition this year and every plant looked like it deserved a prize. Perhaps my plant won as it had the most number of flowers in bloom.”

“Next time I shall submit Dahlias for the competition too.”

“We also won first prize in Rose and special prize in Chrysanthemums.”

“People complained this year that early January was too cold but it was a blessing for these flowers, that got the right temperature after many years.”

“The standard of competition shot up this year, especially in categories of Petunias, fruits, vegetables, Chrysanthemums, Dahlias...”

“And the bonsais were extraordinary”

“We have used over 15 kinds of plants for this, giving it a border of white Alyssums while inside were rows of Marigolds, Dahlias, Salvias, palms in ascending order of height. We know visitors love this section so wanted it to be as colourful as possible.”