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Meadows & Wildflowers

Planning, sowing and managing wildflower meadows and pollinator-friendly grassland.

Meadows & Wildflowers Early Spring

Spring seed for a native wildflower meadow: sowing rates, nurse crops and realistic timescales

Spring sowing a native wildflower meadow takes less seed than you think. Here is how to get soil preparation, sowing rates and year-one management right.

Grounds professionals · Home gardeners 5 min read

Meadows & Wildflowers Early Summer

Meadow restraint in June: what to leave alone and how to keep edges looking managed

In June, wildflower meadows need restraint above all else. Here is how to keep paths and edges tidy without cutting the flowering area.

Grounds professionals · Home gardeners 5 min read

Meadows & Wildflowers Late Winter

Plan a wildflower meadow that works: assess soil fertility, drainage and aspect before you order seed

Get your site survey done in February, before spring grass hides the evidence. Soil fertility, drainage and aspect determine which wildflower species will actually establish.

Grounds professionals · Home gardeners 6 min read

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Meadows & Wildflowers

Spring seed for a native wildflower meadow: sowing rates, nurse crops and realistic timescales

Meadow restraint in June: what to leave alone and how to keep edges looking managed

Plan a wildflower meadow that works: assess soil fertility, drainage and aspect before you order seed

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