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Meadow wildflower seed mix

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  Posted by cathdiago (U14499108) on Saturday, 25th February 2012

  After watching bees, butterflies and blooms I would like to plant some wildflowers in my garden. Where is the best place to get meadow wildflower seed mix? And should I get perennials or annuals?
  
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  Posted by kate1123 (U14824475) on Saturday, 25th February 2012

  Do you have a very large garden? If not can I suggest that you buy a few packets of seeds of flowers that pollinators like. SR did show how it looks if it goes wrong, most of the gardeners on here would not recommend the meadow because of the soil conditions.
  
  If you go to Sarah Ravens website she sells the mix .

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  Posted by garyhobson (U11055016) on Sunday, 26th February 2012

  Many of these wildflower meadow mixes, don't actually contain any grass. They do not create a meadow, but they do contain a wide selection of wild flowers, and can be grown as an herbaceous border.
  
  Personally, I have tried doing that, with T&Ms wildflower mixes, and didn't find them very saisfactory. I got a better effect using just a few plants, of a limited number of varieties. Personally, I prefer to choose a few small plants, bought as plugs from a nursery, and use them.
  
  Garden centres are offering plugs of wildflowers, usually advertised as such, right now, for about £1 a plug.
  
  The best thing is to try something, and get stuck in. First efforts will probably not be too successful.
  
  But eventually you will find something that works for you and your soil.

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  Posted by garyhobson (U11055016) on Sunday, 26th February 2012

  PS A combination of plants that I found very successful was Wild Marjoram with Yarrow.
  
  In the photo just below, wild marjoram is the purple flower, and yarrow is the white flower. I just used 2 plug plants of both of these. I also used 2 rudbeckias (yellow/black), achillea (yellow), and verbena (purple very leggy). All of these plants are loved by bees and butterflies. It gives a packed flowery look that attracts lots of insects:
  
  
  
  I'm a huge fan of wild marjoram, which is shown in these pictures:
  
  
  
  
  

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