Growing a Wild Flower Garden

The key to growing a wild flower garden is actually quite simple. You merely must duplicate the environment that plants are in when you notice them on your nature hike. Note the soil and the surrounding environment. Once you have this concept down, the rest is simply following steps to duplicate this in your flower bed.

Before you pick out your wild flowers, make sure your designated garden area is well prepared with a good drainage system and some stone at the bottom of the individual holes where you plan to plant your wild flowers. You can use top soil from the garden store as a base and leave a little bit of room for the wild soil that you bring back from your nature hike.

The first actual step is to wait for the end of wild flower blossoming. Then, take your flower pot on your nature hike and remove a few of the plants and also take with you some of the natural soil surrounding it.

Do not leave the wild flowers out of there element for long; they can die very quickly. Make sure the soil is well watered before you actually transplant the flower. Also make sure that each individual designated spot has a small amount of the wild flower's original soil near the top.

For long term planners, you can start as early as March with flowers such as hepatica, saxifrage and spring beauty. April is a great time for wild geraniums. In May, hunt for wake robins, bloodroots and violets. June is the time to start watching out for foxgloves and bell flowers. You can wait as late as July for Queen Anne's Lace, Joe Pye weed and gay butterfly.

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