What to expect from your wildlfowers this summer
Last summer you sowed: A mix of both Annual & Perennial Species
e.g The Butterfly and Bee Mix, Year after Year Mix, Traditional Irish Native Mix.
This year, expect to see: mostly Ox-eye Daisies. Next year you will begin to see the other perennials flower (they will return each year)
Suggestion: Sowing in some Annual Species now amongst the Oxeye Daisy plants will introduce more impressive colour like you had last year.
How to do it? There are two options:
Option 1: Lossen some soil with a rake amongst the daisy plants, sprinkle in some annual seeds and press in with your foot.
Option 2: Create a bare stip along the front of the meadow and sow your annuals there; this will give a vibrant display where most visible.
Last summer you sowed: An Annual only Mix
e.g The Annual Pollinator Mix or Cornfield Annuals Mix
This year: Annual species complete their lifecycle in one year - grow, flower, set seed and die. So, you will not see them again this year.
Suggestion: You need to sow more wildflowers if you want to see some blooms this summer.
What to sow?
Option 1: Annuals only mix, the same as last year for another display of high impact.
Option 2: A mix of both Annuals and Perennials, for colour this summer and returning blooms to save you doing it again!
Last summer you sowed: A Perennial Only Mix
e.g. The Shaded Areas Mix or Low Growing Mix
This year: Expect to see the perennial species beginning to bloom for the first time.
Suggestion: If grass has established in the area, cut it back now to the height of the plants to allow wildflowers better access to light.
