Flower seedling growers, nursery owners, and agricultural workers across the Barishal division are busy cultivating winter flower seedlings, hoping for a profitable season after incurring losses last year. Many said that lower sales last year left them in financial trouble. To recover, they have expanded cultivation this year, using more land and producing a wider variety of seedlings.
Nursery traders and farmers said political unrest last year sharply reduced the number of wholesale buyers, causing major losses. This year, they hope to recover through better sales. Flower seedling cultivation has now spread across the region after Tetla village in Banaripara upazila of Barishal and Alankarkathi, Kuniyari, Mahmudkathi, and Sultanpur villages in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur showed promising results.
In at least 20 villages of Nesarabad and Banaripara upazilas, winter flower seedling cultivation is in full swing, and in many places, seedlings have already grown up to one foot tall.
Local nursery workers said the most popular varieties include marigold, dahlia, zinnia, cosmos, chrysanthemum, rose, gerbera, petunia, jasmine, gladiolus, tuberose, tulip, daisy, dianthus, lotus, carnation, sunflower, and star petunia over a hundred varieties in total. Prices range from Tk 20 to Tk 250, depending on the type and size.
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