Planting already underway to get flowerbeds ready for next spring

By James Smith 10th Oct 2023

Warwick District Council is trailing a new planting scheme for next year (image via Warwick District Council)
Warwick District Council is trailing a new planting scheme for next year (image via Warwick District Council)

The clocks have not gone back yet, but Warwick District Council's green spaces team is already making plans for the floral displays that will appear in local parks next spring.

The team will be trailing a new scheme which involved planting bulbs to replace spring bedding flowers.

Pansies and polyanthus will be replaced, to create a cycle of crocus, daffodils, tulips and hyacinths in the early months of the year.

Once these have flowered the bulbs will be removed and recycled or given away in order for a variety of summer bedding plants to return from May onwards.

Portfolio holder for neighbourhood services, Cllr Will Roberts said: "Due to changing weather and disease our spring bedding plants have not performed as well as we would have liked in recent years and there is also a lot of wastage.

"We have therefore opted just to plant bulbs this year which are great for pollinating insects particularly during the early spring.

"This new approach will mean that the flower beds will look rather bare over the winter period, but we can all look forward to enjoying a natural succession of dazzling displays next year."

     

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