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Greenspace Maintenance
City of Brandon Greenspace Maintenance
The City of Brandon Parks Department maintains City owned greenspace in public areas. The grass in these areas is cut from April to September on six-route cycle. This cycle is followed throughout these months assuming the climate supports a regular grass growth. The maintained greenspace includes City Parks, greenspace around walking and cycling paths, and center boulevards of streets.
Flowers are also planted in these areas by the Parks staff as well as community volunteers. As the City of Brandon prepares for the Community in Blooms competition, City staff has placed out 315 boulevard planters, which consist of Supertunia & Wave Petunias, Sweet Potato Vine and Calibrachoa. Throughout downtown and Eleanor Kidd Park, there are 420 hanging flower baskets and 120 - 7 gal planters. Flowers in these baskets include Dichondra, Lotus Vine, Supertunias & Wave Petunias, Sweet Potato Vine and Calibrachoa.
2010 Flowers and Plants |
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| Begonia | Dragonwing Pink and Red | Downtown Rosser Ave, City Hall and some mixed baskets and planters |
| Bidens | Peters Gold Carpet | Mixed hanging baskets |
| Calibrachoa | Superbells Lavender and Safron | Mixed hanging baskets and blvd planters |
| Coleus | Dappled Apple and Freckles | Eleanor Kidd Gardens (deer proof), City hall |
| Dichondra | Silver Falls | Mixed hanging baskets |
| Gaura | Stratosphere Pink Picotee | 18th and Victoria in ground planters, Blvd planters, in ground plantings at Eleanor Kidd Gardens |
| Grass | King Tut and Baby Tut (cyperus) | Blvd planters and in ground plantings Eleanor Kidd Gardens and City hall |
| Sweet Potato Vine | Illusion Emerald Lace Marguerite Lime | Mixed hanging baskets, blvd planters |
| Lobelia | Lucia Dark Blue | Mixed hanging baskets, blvd planters |
| Lobularia | Snow Princess | Mixed hanging baskets, blvd planters |
| Perilla | Magilla | City hall, blvd planters |
| Petunia | Supertunias, Bordeaux, Red, Giant pink, Royal Magenta, Royal Velvet, Wave, Easy Waves | Mixed hanging baskets, blvd planters in ground plantings |
| Verbena | Large Lilac Blue | Mixed hanging baskets, blvd planters |
2010 Flowers Started from Seed |
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| Cardoon | member of Artichoke family | In ground plantings, blvd planters |
| Dahlias | Single yellow, single pink | Eleanor Kidd Gardens |
| Dusty Miller | Silver dust | In ground plantings, blvd planters |
| Grass | Green Ftn, Wind dancer | In ground plantings, blvd planters |
| Hibiscus | Red Shield | In ground plantings, blvd planters |
| Ptilotus Exaltalus | Joey | Blvd planters |
| Talanum | Limon | In ground plantings, blvd planters |
| Impatiens | Mix | Daly House Museum, Eleanor Kidd Gardens |
| Cleome | Sparkler Mix | Blvd planters, in ground plantings |
| Amaranthus | Early Splendor | Blvd planters, in ground plantings |
| Salvia | Victoria Blue, St Johns Fire | Blvd planters, in ground plantings |
| Mathiola | Evening Scented Stock | Blvd planters @ Eleanor Kidd Gardens |
| Rudbeckia | Indian Summer, Prairie Sun | Blvd planters, in ground plantings |
| Portulaca | Sundial Mix | In ground plantings @ Princess Park |
| Marigolds | Lulu, Inca II orange & yellow Canadian Sunset | In ground plantings |
| Canna Lily | Various tubers | Blvd planters, in ground Plantings |
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