Ahead of G20 Summit, NDMC gears up to showcase summer flowers in New Delhi

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to display around four thousand summer season flower plants including Celosia, Balsam, and Cosmos in Satya Sadan area in south Delhi ahead of the G20 Summit.

An NDMC official said six varieties of flowers have been sought in a tender floated by the civic body last week.

The six varieties are Celosia and Balsam, Cosmos, Gaillardia, Vinca Hybrid variety and the Zinnia. The varieties have been chosen so that the flower remains undaunted in the summer sun and produces a bounty of blooms to enjoy in the garden, an official said.

The total number of flower plants sought in the tender stands at 3,950.

The council has sought 750 plants of hybrid variety of Celosia in different colours.

According to the tender, Celosia flowers should be well-developed fresh and healthy with multi branches at the bloom stage.

Five hundred each of the flower plants of Balsam and Cosmos hybrid varieties in different colours have been sought.

The tender ment