A GREENFINGERED expert who created floral displays for the London Olympics has now focused his talents on a Glasgow roundabout.

Nigel Dunnett, one of the world’s leading experts in planting design and technology, helped to create a new floral meadow in Drumry.

The display, which cost £15,000, was funded by car company enterprise's donation arm the Enterprise Holdings Foundation.

It including an array of flowers, bulbs and perennial plants and took two years of tending, pruning and planting to complete.

The flowering feature is intended to boost biodiversity and wildlife, acting as the perfect attraction for bees and butterflies.

Along with its nature-boosting properties, it is intended to produce long-lasting colourful displays each year with a minimum level of care.

Professor Nigel Dunnett, Landscape Department, University of Sheffield said: “This project was very exciting because it offered a chance to demonstrate the impact that these perennial designs can have on communities for the long-term. Over the years we have worked with many local authorities on wildflower projects that have created visually stunning displays quickly, but only for a year or two.

Councillor Paul Carey, Labour councillor for the area said: "Drumry roundabout is one of Glasgow’s key intersections and is also at the heart of a large residential area where there is little greenery. "Our landscape design team had already been experimenting with these wildflower meadows so we were delighted to provide a site for Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s project."