KUWAIT: Amid a heavy turnout of horticulture and agricultural lovers of all kinds, Al-Omariya nursery opened its doors on Monday for a season of selling seedlings for the winter season 2023. The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources considers this as an exceptional season and as such the activities will continue until the end of this year.
The nursery provides 650,000 seedlings of 80 varieties of plants, trees and plantings, and is being increased to one million seedlings before the end of the season. The seedlings are sold at nominal prices, sometimes 10 percent of their actual value in commercial nurseries.
The nursery is keen to provide hundreds of types of seedlings suitable for cultivation at home, gardens, roads or on land, in addition to providing guidance and advice and contributing to agricultural experiments to produce new types and varieties that could withstand the harsh climatic condition in Kuwait.
According to those in charge of the nursery, the plants — Mary’s Palm, Arak and Sidr — are the most sought after ones, while some plants such as Vinca Rosa and Marigold are the most requested for flowers. For fruit, many prefer Jassim figs - berries - mint plants - basil and other seedlings for fruit trees such as oranges, grapes, berries, etc, or seedlings of rose trees such as oleander, roses or even leaves, in addition to ornamental plants. — KUNA