You can also grow a mini meadow as an annual or perennial patch of wildflowers, but even as wildflowers are excellent ...

Purple Coneflowers are low-maintenance and drought-tolerant, making them an excellent choice for a wildflower meadow garden. Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) is a striking perennial ...

Planting a wildflower meadow is a favorite daydream among gardeners ... Most wildflowers do best on poor soil, where undesirable weeds and perennial grasses choke them, starve them or shade ...

Raking off the meadow clippings prevents thatch build-up, which tends to favor grasses over wildflowers ... Mix Annuals & Perennials: Annuals provide quick color; perennials offer long-term ...

A typical meadow comprises roughly 60% native grasses and 40% flowering perennials, but there’s no harm in straying from that ratio. If you’d rather buy ready-made wildflower seed mixes ...

A typical meadow comprises roughly 60 percent native grasses and 40 percent flowering perennials, but there’s no harm in straying from that ratio. If you’d rather buy ready-made wildflower ...

I prefer to plant all annuals when seeding wildflower beds for several reasons. They bloom the year they are planted, unlike some perennials that take a year or two to bloom. Some ...

The meadows have now come into fashion ... After a few years, one or two species may dominate perennial wildflower plantings, but you can thin these out as desired. First, prepare the seedbed ...

Mueller happened to work for American Meadows, a Vermont-based ... seed that would grow 27 varieties of wildflowers that thrive in the northeast, both perennials and annuals.

The new product offers an opportunity for a more reliable and faster way to achieve a vibrant and thriving wildflower ...