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India: Warmth causes early blooming at Kashmir Tulip Garden

For the first time since 2007, Kashmir’s major tourist attraction, the Tulip Garden, with 1 million bulbs spread over 20 acres, is witnessing early budding and blooming, forcing the State Floriculture to advance the official opening of the garden.

“Yes, if there is early blooming, it’s going to be thrown open soon,” Floriculture Department Director Talat Pervez told The Hindu.

Situated at an altitude of 5,600 feet, the Tulip Garden, curated by former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at the foothills of Zabarwan in Srinagar, came as a shot in the arm for the Tourism Department in 2008. It attracted 1.2 million footfalls in 2012 and is fast emerging as a major spring season attraction for tourists across the country.

However, with day temperatures this year hovering around 20 degrees Celsius in February for the first time in 76 years — a good 10 degrees above normal — the garden is witnessing fast budding.

Read more at The Hindu