Simple Planting Instructions
- Choose a place for your wildflower area. If you're planting an entire field of several acres, the decision is easy. If you're putting in a smaller area, there are several things to consider.
- Wildflowers look best in a semi-natural spot...along a wood-line at the back of your lot, for example, or in a free-form area against a fence, bordered in front by lawn or the patio. Some homeowners plant wildflowers between the driveway and lot-line, giving one complete part of the former lawn over to nature.
- Clear your planting area of all existing growth. For a small area, the project is the same as preparing for a new vegetable garden. A shovel is usually all that is needed. Simply dig out everything that's growing there, turn the soil, and rake the area flat and free from rocks and roots. Remove old roots or they'll grow back along with your new flower plants.
- Once all your seed is evenly sown, do not rake or cover it with soil. (Some species require light to germinate.) Instead, simply compress the seed into the loose, bare soil. If your site is small, walking over the whole area, being careful to leave the area solid with footprints does just as well.
Happy Planting and Let's Continue Growing Together!!!
