Of course only you can determine what a weed or wildflower is but for the sake of simplicity you should start your garden with a clean palette and remove all existing vegetation.
Making a wildflower garden.
Our wildflower garden is in a raised bed but you can also plant directly in the ground.
You can plant a wildflower garden in early spring after frost or in late fall.
These will become part of your new meadow.
After all that s how nature plants them.
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.
Weeds are a successful wildflower garden s biggest threat.
There are two proven methods of doing this.
The soil for wildflowers is made up of bagged garden soil as well as compost and.
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.
Before sowing give your spare space a good weeding before sowing anything as weeds will compete for light space and food.
Wildflower plug plants can be popped straight into an existing lawn.
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.
Weed or remove sod by hand.
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.
Prepare the area by tilling up any grass or weeds.
The flowers bloom all summer then the seeds dropped in later fall overwinter and then begin to grow with spring warmth and water.
To plant your own wildflower garden select ground on your property that gets the most sunlight.
How to start a wildflower garden.