Jammu, July 17 -- The development of India's highest commercial Lilium cultivation field has commenced at Leh's Choglamsar, marking the beginning of a first-of-its-kind floriculture initiative of this scale in Ladakh, aimed at creating new avenues of livelihood through floriculture.

Over the last three days, more than 50 thousand premium Lilium bulbs have already been planted at the flower field, with the first bloom expected around the first week of September this year.

Its foundation was laid by lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on June 22.

Spread over an area of 93,000 square metres, the Choglamsar Flower Field, on the banks of River Sindhu, is being developed as one of the largest organised high-altitude floriculture parks in ...