Floriculture

For the development of floriculture, seven floriculture stations and nurseries have been established with a view to

  1. procure and multiply elite floriculture plant material for supply to the farmers
  2. act as demonstration and training centres in floriculture.

The details are as follows:

Sr. No. Name of Station Area (Ha) Kinds of floriculture plant multiplied
1. Model Floriculture Centre, Mahog Bag, Chail, District Solan. Himachal Pradesh. 1.61 Gladiolus, carnation, lilium, daffodil, chrysanthemum, alstroemeria, orchids, statice.
2. Floriculture Nursery Parwanoo, District Solan, Himachal Pradesh 0.16 Potted plants, seasonal flowers, rose.
3. Floriculture Nursery, Naubahar, Shimla-2. 0.7 Carnation, lilium, chrysanthemum, alstroemeria, potted plants, cactus seasonal flowers.
4. Floriculture Nursery, Chharabra, District Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 1.0 Potted plants, avenue plants, climbers etc.
5. Floriculture Nursery, Bhatoon, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh 0.48 Potted plants, seasonal flower seedlings, chrysanthemum
6. Floriculture Nursery, Dharamsala, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh 1.20 Potted plants, flower plants in poly bags, flower seedlings.
7. Floriculture Nursery, Bajaura, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh 1.32 Carnation, marigold, gladiolus, potted flower plants, flower seedlings.