‘Queen Elizabeth’, ‘Mother Teresa’ to beckon visitors

Roses named after iconic personalities like Mother Teresa, Queen Elizabeth and John F. Kennedy are all set to welcome lakhs of visitors to the sprawling Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Mughal Gardens, which opens for public on Friday.

Besides the rose varieties, about 12,000 tulips, said to be among President Pranab Mukherjee’s favourites, and primulas will be main attraction.

The horticulture delight this year includes, 135 varieties of roses, some of them named — “Raja Ram Mohan Roy”, “Jawahar”, “Mr Lincoln”, “Arjun” and “Bhim”.

Other rose varieties worth mentioning are “Christian Dior”, “Granada”, “American Heritage”, “Happiness”, “Kiss of Fire”, “Iceberg” and “Double Delight”, Rashtrapati Bhavan officials said.