Lavender plants to give Cape Clear a scent of success 

Lavender, a self-sustaining crop, is being planted in gardens and other available plots that are accessible from the island’s road network

Up to 10,000 lavender plants will be planted on Cape Clear which will be used in a wide range of health and culinary products, as well as being a boost to local beekeepers. Picture: iStock

Two very successful businessmen are about to turn an Irish island into a sea of colour and make it one of the most perfumed in the world.

The men have started to plant up to 10,000 lavender plants on Cape Clear, the country’s most south-westerly inhabited island, and they will be used in a wide range of health and culinary products, as well as being a boost to local beekeepers.