It should have said if you were successful or not when you put in the application, although the website did say if you hadn't received them by the 28th you my not have been successful. If you join their facebook page or give them your email address for updates I'm sure there will be more handouts. Good luck.
I'm very disappointed with these seeds. My daughter saw the Countryfile programme so we applied for the seeds that day. When they arrived she was very exited. Not anymore. Apart from a few corncockles, which are pretty, I've ended up with something that looks very much like potato plants and, big ugly plants which are not flowering. I have no idea what they are!
I know these were free but they're not what was promised. I shall go back to buying seeds in future.
In both my front and back gardens I sow wildflower or 'bee & butterfly' mixed seeds every year, rather than using a lot of annuals or bedding plants. The soils are quite different in that I dug a deep trench to the base clay in the front and filled it it with compost and topsoil. In the back borders, which I've started for the first time this year I simply dug over and removed the largest stones from the clay soil.
All the plants mentioned in this thread have grown well in both gardens, although many people recommend planting wildflowers in unfertilised soil.
Yes, indeed. I was going to point out that those that I planted in fertilised soil are much larger and more profuse. Monty Don has been developing a wildflower meadow in his garden for Gardener's world in the last two years.
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It should have said if you were successful or not when you put in the application, although the website did say if you hadn't received them by the 28th you my not have been successful. If you join their facebook page or give them your email address for updates I'm sure there will be more handouts. Good luck.
PS mine only arrived last week.
I'm very disappointed with these seeds. My daughter saw the Countryfile programme so we applied for the seeds that day. When they arrived she was very exited. Not anymore. Apart from a few corncockles, which are pretty, I've ended up with something that looks very much like potato plants and, big ugly plants which are not flowering. I have no idea what they are!
I know these were free but they're not what was promised. I shall go back to buying seeds in future.
In both my front and back gardens I sow wildflower or 'bee & butterfly' mixed seeds every year, rather than using a lot of annuals or bedding plants. The soils are quite different in that I dug a deep trench to the base clay in the front and filled it it with compost and topsoil. In the back borders, which I've started for the first time this year I simply dug over and removed the largest stones from the clay soil.
All the plants mentioned in this thread have grown well in both gardens, although many people recommend planting wildflowers in unfertilised soil.
There's a lot of confusion about growing wildflowers and people pass on bits of it without understanding.
If you grow wildflowers in grass in very fertile soil the grass will overwhelm the flowers.
If you grow wild flowers on their own in fertile soil they will grow well.
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Yes, indeed. I was going to point out that those that I planted in fertilised soil are much larger and more profuse. Monty Don has been developing a wildflower meadow in his garden for Gardener's world in the last two years.