hubli sellers of various saplings in the city are making the hay while the sky opens up with the city receiving copious rainfall people have started developing gardens at their houses in areas like vidyanagar gokul road and jayanagar saplings of ornamental flower and fruit plants are being sold like hot cakes m subramanya a plant seller near arts college said he sells more than 30 varieties of plants we bring these plants from andhra pradesh pune and bangalore we have plants ranging from rs 10 to rs 500 most of the people come here buy flower plants farm owners purchase coconut and fruit plants in huge quantity we get customers in large numbers only during monsoon on an average we make rs 3000 per day he added g naresh another plant seller at jayanagar said most people buy flower plants as they give an aesthetic look to the house once they start blooming due to shortage of place in home or office some prefer ornamental plants which do not grow wild and consume more space rajashree tegoor a customer who considers greenery as a sign of prosperity said different varieties of plants are available at affordable price this season ravi kubasada working in a private firm is passionate about gardening and bought 22 saplings of different species this monsoon greenspeak this is a good trend and in a way people are contributing to protect environment instead of buying ornamental plants people should prefer plants like tulsi which produces large quantity of oxygen and can be used as medicine said mukund maigur a citybased environmentalist