Growing Wildflowers is easy!

If you are longing for a yard that takes care of itself and invites birds and butterflies to stop, Wildflowers are for you!

There is nothing quite like a meadow of wildflowers in bloom. You can bring this display of hardy and brightly colored flowers to your home garden easily. Whether you are making prepared beds or planning to give back some of your lawn to nature, wildflowers are easy to care for.

A complete transformation from "urban landscape" to wildflower garden can take 2 years to establish. The hardest part is if you are getting rid of existing lawn. If so, you will need to apply a herbicide and do some tilling to get rid of weeds and lawn. Then you are ready to plant your wildflower seeds! You will need a sunny area, as wildflowers love the sun. Choose an area that is well drained.

There will be some grasses and weeds also coming up but by the second year the wild flowers should have taken over. Take care not to be too quick to "weed" or you might pull up some of your wildflowers! By planting your wildflower seeds right after preparing the beds, you give them an even chance against the weeds.

By the 2nd year, your wildflower garden or meadow should have taken over the problem of weeds. You will only mow once a year, in the Fall, with the setting on your mower set to high. Many of your wildflowers will be Perennials that come back every year but some will be Annuals. For this reason, you can reseed your garden in the Spring to replace last years annuals.