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wet wild flower medow
cody smith
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any advice on growing a wild flower medow on a slite slope and has very wet soil thankyou
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The best thing would be to find some natural locations, similar to the one you have, and see what wild flowers grow there. You say that you're in the Lake District. I would imagine that there is a very specific collection of wild flowers that like to grow in those conditions. They won't be the same wild flowers that most of us are accustomed to growing.
There will certainly be some books that describe the flora of the Lake District. Look in your local librarary. These are two such books:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A_hcJmc_r5EC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=wild+flowers+of+the+lake+district&source=bl&ots=fb1_vVcPHI&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=lakeland&f=false
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K3zgygAACAAJ&dq=flora+of+the+lake+district&source=bl&ots=uq-gphSjy5&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA
Both those books are also available from Amazon (or local bookshops). But try the library first. If the books are really useful, you could then buy your own. The first one costs around £2.80, the second £14.
It's illegal to remove plants from wild locations. But you would be able to get wildflower seeds for those plants, from specialist wild flower seed suppliers.
Hi Cody;
Try the link below, very helpful company with meadow mixes for most conditions.
http://www.scotiaseeds.co.uk/WetMeadowmix.php
Rory