Wildflower Gardens
Wildflower Gardens
Wildflower gardens can make you think of all those roadside weeds and icky plants that stuck or poked you when you were a kid. However, there are a great number of native flowers that also inhabit the uncultivated areas of your locale and can offer a great way of completing your landscaping. Wildflower gardens are best established in border sections or hard to grow areas where native plants always thrive. Although it can seem a little trying to set up your wildflower garden, with a little patience and a lot of perseverance, you can have a beautiful native garden for everyone to enjoy.
The best way to begin is to till up the area and give it occasional watering for several weeks. Once some plants begin to appear, you need to begin researching what plants are coming up so you can decide which ones to keep and which ones to pull. And pull you will as there will be a great variety of unwanted weeds and plants that come to life in stage one of developing your wildflower garden.
Next, once you have removed all the weeds and plants you dont want go down to your local nursery and buy some wildflower seeds as they should offer varieties native to the surrounding area. Be sure to purchase a large amount (much more than you think you would need) because of the wild birds eating them. Now, go home and spread your seeds; there is no need for planting, remember these are native wildflowers so the seeds dont require planting. Begin watering every day or two in order to help the seeds germinate and grow. Once you get more plants, begin the culling process again so as to remove the unwanted weeds again. Yes, those pesky weeds keep coming back again and again. If the area you want to install the wildflower garden is sloped, it is best to purchase a seed mat rather than loose seeds. The mat will keep the seeds in place until they grow roots.
Once the wildflower garden is established, you should not need to replant every spring remember these are native flowers; they are perennials and will return year after year and in greater numbers. It is best to simulate the natural water habits of your area as over watering will kill your adult wildflowers, so try to mimic the ideal rainfall averages during each season in your wildflower garden. Always cull your wildflower garden every few weeks to remove the weeds; just like your lawn, weeds will overtake your native flowers too. And now you have a beautiful and perpetual wildflower garden that will continue to renew itself year after year.
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