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A Wildflower Garden

kah22kah22 Posts: 12
in Wildlife gardening
I consider myself lucky I  have a very large garden but over the past number of years age has reduced the amount of physical effort I can spend on it.

With the lockdown I’ve have been getting around to doing those jobs I’d been putting off. I’ve cleared a pretty infertile piece of ground approx 4x6 meters  It’s quite a stony patch but it struck me, now it’s cleaned up it might be an ideal patch for a wildflower garden.  It does get sufficient sun especially in the morning. To be honest my reason for thinking wildflowers is that it might require less maintain end once  established

My question is this. How stone free does the ground have to be and how deep do I need to sow the seeds? I know it’s possibly a bit late to be sowing the seeds, would it be worth taking the gamble?

Thanks for any suggestions and advice

Stay safe
Kevin

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  • AmphibiosAmphibios Posts: 158
    Hi Kevin, 

    I grow wildflowers on a few cms of soil that tops concrete. The underlying soil also contained lots of hardcore. 
    Main problem is clearing the site of weeds so it’s clean. You don’t want any weeds to outcompete what you have sown. 
    This would involve a cycle of physical/chemical weeding, covering and waiting to see if anything else comes up. 
    Alternatively you could clear it and then put down a deep layer of topsoil (not compost) as perennial wildflowers require poor soil. 
    Have a look at the pictorial meadows website which has pdf guides depending on whether you want to grow annual or perennial wildflowers. 

    Hope it goes well  :#
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    A stony patch sounds promising. The less fertile the soil is, the more success you're likely to have.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    edited May 2020
    Strimmer? 

    I presumed the OP had stony soil rather than stones lying on the surface though.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • kah22kah22 Posts: 12
    WillDB said:
    Strimmer? 

    I presumed the OP had stony soil rather than stones lying on the surface though.
    No, the ground is pretty rough. It has small stones lying on the top but easily got rid of and other stones just below the surface. As I said pretty rough
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