Wildflower Gardens - Gardening for a Natural Affect
Wildflower gardens aren't the answer for the lazy gardener. Wildflowers may look like they just happened, but a wildflower garden can easily become a weed patch if not maintained as a garden.
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The easiest way to create and grow a wildflower garden is to sow the seeds in spring in preferably a sunny spot on well-prepped ground where they will not be in competition with weeds and grasses. Wildflower meadows require extensive site preparation.
In order to get started with your wildflower garden the most straightforward option is to buy a large bag of native mixed wildflower seed to spread in your bed or meadow.
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As I wander about the mountains and forests of western Washington, I often come across wildflowers and plants that I think would look great in my own home garden.
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Wildflower gardening is the best way to have natural gardens, and almost care-free way to enhance the look of your landscape.
To have a successful wildflower garden you need to select plants that are native to the area in which you live.
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Great for wildflower gardens and naturalistic settings, Coreopsis brings prairie charm with airy foliage and brightly colored flowers in shades of yellow, orange and red. Thrives in warm weather and droughty, low-fertility soil.
All centaureas look good as part of an informal or wildflower garden. They are especially attractive interplanted with red poppies and snapdragons, or mixed with daylilies in a border.
ATTRIBUTES: Crepe-paper textured blossoms in soft colors; for beds, meadows, or wildflower gardens
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She is a member of the Wildflower Garden Club of Alleghany County, a group of twenty or so serious gardeners who take field trips together and exchange plants. Jo is also a whiz at container gardening.
You can also add a variety of bulbs to your wildflower garden. Prepare the area to be planted by tilling and raking out the soil. Remove all weeds and roots.
Unless you are patient and have some experienced growing plants from seed, it's probably best to start your wildflower garden by purchasing plants from a reputable nursery.
But meadow-inspired wildflower gardens and perennial beds can replicate the carefree beauty of these gorgeous natural spaces, and they can be any size (but preferably large enough to enjoy a good massing of them waving in a stiff breeze).
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The act of scattering seeds, by the handful, across a large area. This process is typically used for seeding of lawns and wildflower gardens.
Bulb
A stem or flower bud that is surrounded by a mass of it's own food supply.
Because of the large selection of varieties you can use also use geraniums as ground cover, edging, rock gardens, containers, and they even look nice in a wildflower garden.
Fall or early spring is the best time to plant a new wildflower garden, unless you are in a very harsh winter climate. If this is the case, plant as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring.
Growing Advice: Can be invasive, so best used in wildflower gardens.
Prize Picks: Summer Snow bears white flowers. Those of Bouquet Rose are darker pink than the species. Variegata's grayish-green leaves have white margins.
 See also: Wildflower, Flower, Plant, Growing, Water
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