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what plants for small patch of land.

. and help would be valued thanks Mixed wildflower seed packs are fab, try getting the native British mixes if you can. Buddleia? by gardener bee

30/04/2013 22:51:09

by steephill

meadow plants

the prepared area in autumn but you can buy yellow rattle as plug plants in april. Yellow rattle is a parasitic plant on grass and will help to create areas for other plants to grow. Find a supplier of wildflower plants and seeds on line; the list of native by dobby2

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22/02/2012 15:19:26

by Kate Bradbury

Wildlife

will struggle to compete with the existing grass. If you want to do the seed thing then you'll need to dig out the grass and prepare the soil as you would for planting any seeds. There are a few good websites where you can buy native wild flowers as either by barryfacey

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10/12/2011 08:40:07

by Botticelliwoman

Making wildflower turf

-mixes/cornfield-annual-seed-mixes.html or http://www.naturescape.co.uk/acatalog/british_native_wildflower_seeds_100__pure_meadow_mixes.html This is a lovely wildflower meadow we saw in August last year in a garden in Helmsley, N. Yorkshire. Whatever mix you use, it's worth making sure (or by Gardengirl..

04/02/2013 23:14:19

by BobTheGardener

how to cultivate moss where there is grass

and shade for the moss....my lawn is about 40% moss and in those areas violets and fox and cubs thrive. You'll need to find the right wildflowers for those conditions (perhaps ragged robin and native ferns too), mine just appeared! Thank you. Still by C15.52

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14/06/2012 13:49:33

by C15.52

Plant/seed identification please.

the seeds, it doesn't look like it unfortunately, but thanks for the suggestion. Try Mirabilis jalapa. aka Marvel of Peru or 4 o'clock flower. I'm pretty confident that it isn't a native wildflower (UK) though it will be a wild flower somewhere. Seeds by Chris Rosillo

09/06/2013 18:15:33

by nutcutlet

Talkback: Guerrilla gardening and wildlife

Great blog - thank you! Forget introducing all sorts of (unhelpful) non native species; I am regularly coming across the issue of native provenance in supplying wildflowers, and have been baffled why no-one has pointed out the problems you mention by lamyatt

28/11/2011 18:41:32

by Diva49

Wildflowers - to dig over soil before planting or not?

flowers here. What would be the best way of dealing with it, and if I bought young plants is it best to sow nowish or in the spring The trouble with a native wildflower meadow is that it's all over by July and looks dull and is, more importantly by Barry Hayter

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05/08/2012 15:25:55

by Barry Hayter

Talkback: Spring flowers - primrose and rosemary

It is sad to think of the dwindling numbers of wildflowers across the UK. Bees need an increasing variety of wildflowers to provide them with pollen - some of them are out as early as January and need as much help as they can get. We can all help by joey northwood kirkby allotments

28/11/2011 18:31:11

by marimethod

Wild Flower Planting

need to be germinated and grown on before being added to grassland to ensure success http://www.naturescape.co.uk/acatalog/british_native_wildflower_meadow_mix_seeds.html?gclid=CLrmh-3m0bYCFTIQtAodOWsAEQ http://www.wildflowershop.co.uk/ Lots more by Gary Burgess

17/04/2013 14:33:06

by PaperFlowers

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