The Colourful Shrimp Plant Flower
The shrimp plant, a shrub native to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, has won over flower lovers in Bangladesh though it has no common Bengali name.
The shrimp plant, a shrub native to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, has won over flower lovers in Bangladesh though it has no common Bengali name.
Six simple tips help cut flowers in a vase stay fresh for days instead of wilting within hours.
AgribusinessIn March 2020 the Ministry of Agriculture took up a Tk 230.80 crore project to build a flower research centre on 20 hectares at Jhikargachha in Jashore. Sarabangla reported that the project was then going through approval.
An abandoned rubbish heap in front of Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital has been turned into a flower garden at the initiative of one of its doctors.
Producing one pound of honey takes bees about two million flowers and some 80,000 km of flight, and their pollination supports a third of our food.
A Noakhali university student photographs the neglected wildflowers that bloom by roadsides and in the woods.
A flower garden created and tended by its principal has made Puranbazar Degree College on the Dakatia river one of the most beautiful campuses in Chandpur.
FlowersIn February 2020 Jagonews24 reported that gerbera, though a foreign flower, was among Bangladesh's top 10 flowers, with each bloom selling for Tk 30 to 50 and a grower able to earn Tk 60,000 to 70,000 a month.
Sonapati, a strikingly beautiful yellow flower also called Chandraprabha, blooms in large clusters at the branch tips in summer and the monsoon.
A satellite study finds vegetation spreading into high Himalayan areas, including the Everest region, where plants had never grown before.
Kushtia's nurseries are selling more flower seedlings as winter deepens, earning growers more than conventional crops, though owners say they get no government support or loans.
Chrysanthemums, a popular winter flower, can be grown in yards, on verandas and on rooftops with the right soil, fertiliser and care.
Shykh Seraj visits Royal Van Zanten, a Dutch flower company founded in 1862 that breeds, grows and exports bulbs worldwide.