Starting a Wildflower Meadow (Updated)

A practical and simple to follow guide to creating your own wildflower meadow area. We've updated this video since posting our original advice.
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[@JohnOsCreations]

Best video I have found on this. Thanks

[@marianlawrie8614]

What a lovely voice you have ,and very informative thank you.

[@p_aulwhite]

Very informative, thank you.

[@hummerklein2567]

I’m making my whole yard a wild something. Don’t know what I’m doing But will keep on

[@MoparSmith1]

Perennial and butterfly gardening is a life long experiment. I wouldn't worry about it. Just get some Bee Balms and some Salvias and your on your way.

[@danjackson4149]

i would like to turn a field near where i live into more of a flowery meadow than the area of rough tussocky grass it currently is....dense tussocky grass that smothers everything and prevents anything else from moving in and getting started. i havent the time to do any guerilla gardening involving any digging so i was wondering if you had any suggestion of what i could try? i know that yellow rattle is supposed to be useful, but how easy would it be for their seeds to get through the almost inpenetrable sward and down to the soil? how easy would it be for yellow rattle to colonize such an area? is there any other plant seed that would be guaranteed to break the stranglehold this tussocky grass has got? might another way simply be to dump a lot of tree leaves and or other organic twigs stems etc from the garden in piles on top of the tussocks to 'smother the smotherer'! and provide some kind of access point for incoming airborn seeds to get a toehold?

[@NickMannHAL]

Hi Dan - I'm afraid no - Rhinanthus won't most likely work in this situation and nor will much else. I'm afraid you'll have to invest some time to prep the area before seeding it.

[@vannaandpheapvideos]

very nice video I'm new friend here

[@northrupmj]

Would you send seed to Missouri in USA?

[@-Atmos1]

Is a no mow option any use ? Then over time removing squares of turf to sew the Wildflowers . Good information in this video . Long grass at this time of year is quite stunning but it would be more so with a Wildflower mix .

[@NickMannHAL]

I'm not sure what you had in mind? No mow isn't an option, I'm afraid - you need to take a hay cut in late summer and keep cut or grazed over the winter. Yes, you can certainly add a wildflower only mix to squares as you describe.

[@-Atmos1]

@@NickMannHAL Brilliant & Thankyou for your suggestion . As I research more about the re-wild idea the more I like it . Certainly from what I gather is it's essential to cut & remove in late September to early October then as you correctly say keep trimmed through the Winter Months . Work in Progress . Peace .

[@northrupmj]

Is there a similar supplier in USA? One you would recommend?

[@NickMannHAL]

Hi - I don't know, I'm afraid. I'm sorry not to be more helpful.

[@killutriin]

So you should remove winter cuttings to reduce soil fertility? Why is it necessary to reduce it?

[@NickMannHAL]

Grasses and plants like dock and nettle respond to higher fertility levels and outcompete wildflowers as a consequence, so you're always trying to reduce them. This is particularly true now, as nitrification is a growing problem for wildflower meadows.

[@donaldlyons17]

@@NickMannHAL It would not be easier to build a mote around your entire garden. In Virginia USA a physical barrier reduces weed spread from a lot to almost nothing!!!

[@agbrindle]

This video no longer works?

[@HabitatAid]

Seems ok I think?