After all that s how nature plants them.
Making a wildflower garden.
How to start a wildflower garden.
There are two proven methods of doing this.
However as a rough guide you need 1g per square metre of pure wildflower seeds and 5g per square metre of grass and wildflower meadow seeds.
The wildflowers you use largely depend on your soil conditions personal preference and if you have a colour scheme in mind.
Wildflowers will establish best if planted in the autumn as small plug.
Our wildflower garden is in a raised bed but you can also plant directly in the ground.
For a display of wildflowers in a bed or border lay a couple of inches of inert substrate such as sand and simply sow direct at a sowing rate of 2g per square metre.
Weeds are a successful wildflower garden s biggest threat.
The flowers bloom all summer then the seeds dropped in later fall overwinter and then begin to grow with spring warmth and water.
You can plant a wildflower garden in early spring after frost or in late fall.
Then spread your seeds and water them every day until the flowers start germinating.
These will become part of your new meadow.
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.
Wildflower plug plants can be popped straight into an existing lawn.
Weed or remove sod by hand.
The soil for wildflowers is made up of bagged garden soil as well as compost and.
To plant your own wildflower garden select ground on your property that gets the most sunlight.
Prepare the area by tilling up any grass or weeds.
Before sowing give your spare space a good weeding before sowing anything as weeds will compete for light space and food.