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Lawn to Wild Flowers
NewBoy2
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I want to change a part of my lawn to a PERMANENT area for wild flowers
Not this current fad for chucking some seeds about for the birds to eat
? Which flowers do I use and how do I give them the best chance of becoming PERMANENT
Advice please friends
Never change Tigers in Mid Stream
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Which type of wildflower meadow are you hoping to develop? There are two main styles
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=436
I will read this and come back pansy
yes, I would like to do that too..... checking online.....
Plugs of wildflowers seem to be used more successfully than just scattering the seed.
Apart from Yellow Rattle, scattering seed in grass is very unreliable
Read up on which are most suitable for your soil type, cut the grass short and get some plugs. Loads of useful websites out htere.
Plugs are probably your best bet, Naturescape have a good selection and are reasonably priced. I have a wild flower area planted from plugs and every year I just cut everything back around March time and it grows back again every year and soon turns into a wild jungle! Mine is purely plants rather than grass as well though and it grows about 2ft+ tall so probably not the look you're going for