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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: daileg on April 23, 2009, 08:46:23

Title: wild flower coverage
Post by: daileg on April 23, 2009, 08:46:23
i have  bed in my front garden about 12 x 4 was considering sowing wild flowers this year how much seed would i need to make a very colourful display of flowers thought the year and any advice on this subject would be great full never used wild flowers before 
like a lot of colour don't mind foilage garden has railway sleepers in a three tier  trying to obtain country garden look have various bulbs in the other two beds there is a fence 4 foot high just in front of the bed open to the path that runs along the front of the house would like to create a frontage to make a statement have to mention this front garden is east facing gets the sun all morning shade in the afternoon
Title: Re: wild flower coverage
Post by: Borlotti on April 23, 2009, 09:12:32
I bought a container of wild flower seeds from Morrisons one year, they did them in all blue flowers or all pink.  I think they cost £3.99 but it might have been 'buy one get one free'.  Not sure if they still do them, but other shops will.  I scattered the whole lot of a spare bed on my allotment and they looked beautiful.  Nick (my friend) kept moaning that I was growing weeds and wasting good space for vegetables but it was my first year on the allotment and told him I liked it.  I am now just keeping one bed for flowers, rosemary, bay tree, lavender, oregano and assorted plants from the garden that have got too big and I can't bear to throw away.  I also scatter flower seeds around the fruit trees.
Title: Re: wild flower coverage
Post by: daileg on April 23, 2009, 09:16:10
will have a look at thet to see if they still do them or somthing simular like the idea of all blue ones my wife loves bluebells or yellow tulips