Rostock comes into bloom

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COMES IN TO BLOOM

by City of Rostock, Press Deparment | kerstin.kanaa@rostock.de

Photo: Joachim Kloock

In Rostock, the traditional spring planting started on 19 March. About 6,000 early bloomers of all colours were planted along the promenade in Warnemünde.

Workers of the Department of Urban Greenery, Nature Protection and Landscape Caring prepared the first five flower beds between Kurhaus and ‘Hotel am Leuchtturm’.

The town will be embellished with 29,200 flowering plants like 5,304 Bellis perennis (Tausendschönchen) in red and pink, 6,480 Myosotis or forget-me-nots (Vergissmeinnicht) in white and blue, 12,771 of Viola cornuta (Hornveilchen) in blue, orange, yellow and white, and 4,720 Viola wittrockiana (Stiefmütterchen) in yellow, orange and blue (German trivial names in brackets). Viola cornuta and myosotis are considered to be very attractive for bees.

The teams specialized in maintenance of parks and biotops, together with apprentices, usually prepare all crops three days in advance. This included works like milling, digging and marking. The city is spending an amount of EUR 12,611 in all plantings at the Promenade in Warnemünde, the main street Lange Strasse, the Duncker Square, and, along the Old Stream. Already last autumn 2,110 bulbs were placed.

Making a city colourful

The flower beds are under steady care of the gardeners of the Department of Urban Greenery Nature Protection and Landscape Caring. They are looking after the arrangements and removing the weeds weekly. Irrigation systems make sure that all crops will beautifully blossom throughout the whole season.

During the whole year, everybody could enjoy as well meadows full of flowers, e.g. at the old Canon Hill, the KTC shopping center, the triangular area at Mühlendamm/Warnowstraße, the creek Schmarler Bach, the Swan Lake Park, the Park of the creek Kringelgraben and at the Place named after Holbein. In the New and in the Western Graveyards flower meadows will be prepared, as well.