WILD FLOWER MIX SEEDS

[GRACELAND]

I want to do a wild flower garden on some bare earth
Where is the best place to Buy !!

PLEASE  :D

[GRACELAND]

[grannyjanny]

Is that after watching Sarah Raven last night ;D?

[elvis2003]

I was planning on doing one this year anyway,but deffo am now after watching last night! Have collected seeeds over the last few years from various sources,and just topped up with some verdena,corn marigold and gypsofola from Dobbies yesterday,cant wait!  ;D

[GRACELAND]

Is that after watching Sarah Raven last night ;D?

yes it is it looked good   ;D

[manicscousers]

I've just been looking at the lidl's massive gardening event item on the bargains thread. They have a wildflower pack. BTW, it's part of the RHS for this year's britain in bloom so they're going to be all over the place  ;D

[bridgehouse]

Wild flowers I love them ,it takes me back to my childhood .I remember Kingcups, raggie robin, coltsfoot, foxgloves.scarlet pimpernel. bluebells, cowslips, wild daffodils,, wild garlic, wood anemones buttercups ,daisies, corn flowers. dog roses, may flowers, I am sure someone will  remember some more. I can almost smell the may, as I type this post.

Planting wild flowers seems a lovely idea
   June.

[elvis2003]

Ive just bought a mixed pack from poundland,dunno if theyll be any good,but planning on direct sowing them and then add to it with the packets (greenhouse sown)

[luckycharlie]

I usually buy them from HB about £1.99  I think . They contain a variety of different seeds all of one colour. I think they do yellow, blue and red. Have bought them for a few years now and never had any complaints


X Chas

[irridium]

I'd sown some by the Wildlife Trust when they gave free seeds about 2 yrs ago, but these didn't flower for me till last yr. they were ox-eye daisy, corncockle, sorrel, yarrow, ladies bedstraw etc., they weren't listed by name on the packet, just said Mini Meadow Wildflower seeds..

i think you can still get free seeds if you go to their events...

[shirlton]

I bought several packets of annuals as well as some mixed wild seed to make a wildflower garden in the big bare patches in the hedge that run alongside Tonys plot.

[antipodes]

@manicscousers
I sowed the Lidl mix last year and it was pretty good. QUite tall ones! A lot of cosmos, something with purple bellshaped flowers on a stiff stem, something white and frothy, a few daisies. Very pretty mixture.

[Dopey]

I just bought these

Butterfly Mixture Throw & Grow Flower Garden Plant Seeds   
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Butterfly Mixture Throw & Grow Flower Garden Plant Seeds


£1.39

Free

postage & packaging


Meadow Flowers Mixed Throw & Grow Flower Garden Plant Seeds   

   
Meadow Flowers Mixed Throw & Grow Flower Garden Plant Seeds

   

£1.39

Free

postage & packaging

   

Perennial Mixture Throw & Grow Flower Garden Plant Seeds   
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Perennial Mixture Throw & Grow Flower Garden Plant Seeds


£1.39

Free

postage & packaging

   

Wildflowers Mixed Throw & Grow Flower Garden Plant Seeds   

   
Wildflowers Mixed Throw & Grow Flower Garden Plant Seeds

£1.39

Free

postage & packaging

   I got 4 different pack and some poppy and other bits from him

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251001826274?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

[shirlton]

That should give you a lovely display.
We will all have to share our successes and  or disasters during the year.

[LittleBean]

Have you heard about the 'Field of Dreams', at Barcroft Hall in South Petherton, Somerset, not too far to travel from where you are.... it was featured on Gardeners World last night and looked fabulous, 2 acres of wildflowers and open to the public from end of June to beginning of September.  Think I'll be going for some inspiration.  I've got two trays of wildflowers seeds started off in my greenhouse as I want to plant the individual plants into our lawn which already has some poppies and other flowers in.  Wonderful for the bugs!

http://barcrofthall.co.uk/WildFlowers2011.aspx

[Dopey]

Did some sweet peas and foxglove (3,000 seeds) last week at the back of the lotty, and doing some wild flowers this weekend also mostly throw and grow about 4,000 to 5,000 seeds, perennials and annuals mixed seeds, corn poppy mixed (14,000 seeds) lavender (600 seeds) marigolds mixed (600) and I have some herbs as well, like sage oregano, and stuff like that, I have other flowering things as well, like about 10 sunflowers for the birds, I noticed last year, as I'm new to the lotty, that no one had any flowers at all, OK I have gone a bit over the top I know, but if even just 10% get up and grow, then it will make a difference, why cant people give something back, it only takes a little space to have flowers, how else are you going to pollinate everything?

[caroline7758]

I bought a packet of wildflower seeds at the Eden Project last summer after seeing the beautiful wildfloers garden there. If it stops raining I'm going to dig up some grass at the front of my house this weekend and sow them there. Fingers crossed!

The packet says to sow in fertile soil, but I thought I'd read that poor soil is better? What does anyone think? There's not much depth of soil where I want to put them.

[Dopey]

They dont like fertile soil, there wild flowers, they will grow anywhere, given the chance, get some perennials as well, you wont get much of a show with perennials this year, but you will next, and you'll have them coming back year after year then

[AdeTheSpade]

I also watched Sarah Raven's programs, and decided to sow some wild flower seeds on a patch of ground on my allotment which is a bit wild - just grew lots of weeds, and my strawberry runners also romped all over it, so I've cleared it all now.  After much searching on t'internet, I realised that you can buy all sorts from her website (I just googled Sarah Raven) and I got several sorts to encourage the beneficial insects - perennials, hardy annuals, biennals and half hardy annuals.  Really looking forward to seeing how it turns out, and also how good it will be at attracting the pollinating insects  :)

[markfield rover]

In Neal's Yard yesterday I was given a packet of wild flower seeds as part of their- Bee Lovely &Feed The Bees campaign.

[sunloving]

There is the also the national wildflower centre in Liverpool. They do native mixes for various situations and can do it in kg for big areas. You can visit them to see how the mixes look at various points in the year.

x sunloving