Over the past month, Delhi NCR was awash with colour as thousands of tulips bloomed across the city, from Shanti Path to the lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan, drawing crowds eager to catch a glimpse of the tulip festival. But anyone visiting these gardens now is likely to notice far fewer blooms. Reportedly, more than five lakh bulbs were procured this year, primarily from Netherlands. Yet with temperatures climbing sooner than expected, many of these flowers have already begun fading at gardens and nurseries around the city.
Gaurav Saini, from RK Kataria Nursery in Nizamuddin, informs that though the demand has not diminished, they are purposely discouraging the buyers. "We have started throwing away the withering tulips at our nursery, and are also informing our regular customers not to buy tulips anymore because the rising heat will cause these to die. Once the temperature rises above 30 degrees, these begin to die," adds Saini.
At the same time, nursery owners say the surge in popularity this year was hard to miss.
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