Flower beds in Loughborough
More roses and a splash of colour will revitalise flower beds in Loughborough.
Residents were asked to choose their favourite from three different designs.
The majority of almost 100 respondents preferred the Beacon Road option, (
number 1 below), which will be replicated on roundabouts and verges on main roads in the town.
Planting for the design, which will see more roses and a more colourful mixture of plants, has taken place and will be in bloom by the summer.
In response to residents’ comments, more shrubs and trees will also be planted along verges on Epinal Way.
This consultation closed at the end of September 2007.
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Location of flower bed
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Photograph
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Description of plants
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1.
Beacon Road roundabout
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Rosa Suffolk - Rose with scarlet flowers in the summer Rosa Canary Showground - Rose with light yellow flowers in the summer Viburnum burkwoodii - Evergreen shrub with pinky-white flowers from winter into spring Euonymus fortunei Emerald and Gold - Evergreen groundcover shrub with bright gold and green leaves Fuchsia magellanica aurea - a Fuchsia with golden foliage Mahonia Japonica Bealei - An evergreen with spiky leave which flowers in the winter Cotinus coggyria "Royal Purple" - A purple variety of the Smoke Tree - autumn colours and summer flowers Phormium tenax "Yellow wave" - A Flax, with striking yellow and green striped leaves Genista lydia - bright yellow summer flowers Mahonia aquifolium "Apollo" - Evergreen, autumn colour and early spring flowers
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2.
Alan Moss Road roundabout
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Lavendula "hidcote" - Lavender with purple/blue summer flowers Hebe "sothlandii" - Evergreen with white summer flowers Spirea "Anthony Waterer" - crimson summer flowers Physocarpus "daiblo" - deep purple foliage Physocarpus "darts gold" - vivid yellow foliage Forsythia "lynwood" - yellow early summer flowers Photinia "red robin" - Evergreen with bright red young leaves.
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Verge adjacent to the Epinal Way/ Beacon Road roundabout
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Fuchsia magellanica aurea - a Fuchsia with golden foliage Mahonia Japonica Bealei - An evergreen with spiky leave which flowers in the winter Viburnum burkwoodii - Evergreen shrub with pinky-white flowers from winter into spring Euonymus fortunei Emerald and Gold - Evergreen groundcover shrub with bright gold and green leaves Rosa Suffolk - Rose with scarlet flowers in the summer Rosa Canary Showground - Rose with light yellow flowers in the summer
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