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Creating a wildflower garden from seed.
Purchase the clay soil and seeds needed and make a seed ball gift kit complete with a large bowl to mix things up in.
Sand helps to keep competing grasses at bay and your wildflowers will thrive in these nutrient poor conditions creating a garden that the bees will love you for.
The packs usually include flowers that grow well in specific geographic areas or climates.
For a 50 50 grass and wildflowers setup including the turfs of bugle ox eye daisy yellow rattle yarrow and birds foot trefoil can work.
The wildflower seeds of choice are sprinkled by hand over the rows that were just made with the hard.
Keep reading to learn more about creating a wildflower garden in your backyard.
Choose the kind of wildflower garden seed mix you want and you are ready to start planting your wildflowers.
Planting a wildflower garden.
Wildflower seeds usually come in premade packages that mix several flower types.
Look for a spot that gets at least 6 hours of sunlight per day and doesn t hold a.
In contrast to the formal english garden or even a traditional vegetable garden a wildflower garden is truly inexpensive easy to plant and simple to maintain.
Prepare your space.
Create a seed ball gift kit.
While wildflower seed mixes are cheap and easy to find your best success will come if you purchase either individual plant seed or better still plants.
Potting soil or soil matrix listed above.
Creating a wildflower garden is easy to do and is both beautiful and low maintenance.
What a wonderful gift idea for anyone who loves bees and gardening.
You can create the meadow look in your garden by three main methods.
Items for a seed ball gift kit.
Purchase plants or individual plant seeds.
You don t have to spend endless hours weeding your wildflower garden.
Create a wildflower meadow a meadow rich in wildflowers can make an attractive garden feature whether you ve got rolling acres or only a few metres.
If you wish to create your garden on a low nutrient soil laying the wildflower turfs will help.
If you prefer to go with a packaged seed mix it will tell you how large an area it covers.
A wildflower meadow is a beautiful addition to your garden and needn t take up a lot of space.