Wildflower seeds?

[JazzAnnNonMouse]

Do they end up looking like the pictures on the packet or do just look like a bunch of weeds?

[InternetFOREVER]

Ooh, I'd be interested in knowing this too, as am thinking of sewing some (total gardening novice). Would be sad if my hardwork just swapped the existing weeds for new weeds!

[UnrelatedToElephants]

I've got a border of wildflower seeds. Some grasses and some weeds (geranium robert and hawksmead dandelion, mostly) sprouted between but they're easy to pick out.

So a little more like a meadow than the box, but not ugly.

[UnrelatedToElephants]

*hawksbeard, not hawksmead

[JazzAnnNonMouse]

Does it look grassy?
I would like the look that I've seen on Pinterest - borders of wildflower, lots of colour and good for the bees but doesn't look like a completely neglected part of the garden.

[bigbutsrus1]

This my second year doing a wildflower patch and it looks great! I had a patch of raked earth which I netted off and waited....did get some bits of long grasses which I pulled out. Then in the autumn I collected all the seed heads and saved for this year. They did a pretty good job of self seeding themselves also. Thinking of doing more areas as very low maintainence and I love it! Got a box of seeds from local garden centre which were about £10. I think if you add yellow rattle it keeps the grass back.

[nonicknameseemsavailable]

they look lovely BUT...... once they have flowered they very quickly can look messy. that is the bit I haven't yet perfected.

[JazzAnnNonMouse]

How long do they flower for? Do
You cut them back when they've finished flowering?
I don't want it to look messy !

[bigbutsrus1]

Mine have look nice all summer so far, I think they have different plants that flower at different times. End of summer it looks a bit messy as need to let the seed heads dry

[JazzAnnNonMouse]

And do you find you're still constantly de weeding or do the flowers 'take over' more than the weeds?!

[bigbutsrus1]

I don't weed that bit at all! Think it's much easier than all the other parts if the garden!

[Ferguson]

Hi JazzAnn -

If you have a large enough area to let the wild flowers do their own thing, that's great. But yes, a lot of them, in other contexts, ARE weeds.

There must be plenty of websites dedicated to 'wild flowers', so look for those.

Sarah Raven, I think is quite expert in that area.

[PS: you never did tell me how your Dad knew Miles Davis. And I just seen your other garden query via profile, so will have proper look at that sometime. Have a nice summer with the girls.]