In Scotland,
visitors and locals at one of Moray’s most popular holiday
destinations enjoyed a splash of floral colour thanks to a trial
carried out by the council’s Lands and Parks staff.
Earlier this
summer, at the height of the holiday season, Euroflor urban flower
seeds were sown on the esplanade overlooking the seafront at
Lossiemouth and
transformed the area with a riot of colour for all to enjoy.
“Our supplier
was keen to see how the wildflower mixes would grow in the Scottish
climate and the esplanade display has the distinction of being the
most northerly in the country,” said assistant lands and parks
officer Grant Speed.
“This type of
display has advantages over the flower beds that we used to have in
that, it is low cost, it takes only a few minutes to sow the seed and
once the seed germinates the flowers take care of themselves.”
Lossiemouth
councillor John Cowe said the displays were a welcome innovation, all
the more so since they were low cost and required little maintenance.
“That
is obviously a major consideration given the council’s financial
position,” he said. “Sowing wildflowers to brighten up their own
areas is maybe something that local community groups could think
about for next season.”
Euroflor urban
flower mixtures have been used extensively throughout the UK
and there over 25
mixtures to choose from. Rigby Taylor, the UK supplier, offer a
‘Buy-to-Try’ Spring Discovery box that contain 10 x 50 gram
sachets containing different Euroflor seed mixtures that can be sown
to compare colours, growth habit and their attraction to birds, bees
and butterflies. Sown in the Spring will ensure colourful flowering
right through until the frosts of the autumn.
A fully illustrate
Euroflor brochure is available on request. 0800 424 919
