The Advantages of Wildflower Seeding

12th August 2021

 

Wildflower seeding is popular for clients looking to increase biodiversity or add a spectacular array of colour, shape and tone to their landscape and provides a wonderful habitat creation for the local wildlife.

Each individual site and soil conditions require careful analysis to ensure the correct blend of species and seed mixture is applied. Soil amendments can be used to alter the soil characteristics to create the desired results. There are two options when it comes to creating wildflower meadows, and both of them depend on the type of soil available. Perennial meadows are best for poor soils, as the grasses compete less with the wildflowers.

Annual meadows require rich soils, and are a good choice when converting from a different type of lawn. If soil fertility rates are too high in your chosen area, a cornfield annual mix can be sown, including plants such as cornflower, corn poppy, and corn marigold. Many of these plants will flower within three months of sowing. Your supplier will work closely with the type of soil to supply you with a mixture of wildflower and grass seeds that will flourish in your given conditions. They should help you select plants that won’t have a destructive effect on the environment and other species, leaving you with a perfectly seeded meadow. The species, colour, height, cost, climatic conditions and existing habitat need to be considered.

 

Autumn is usually the best time to sow wildflower seeds in the UK as this will give you the earliest success of wildflowers developing. However, that is not to say that wildflower seeds cannot be sown throughout the year with bloom usually taking place after approx 70 days.

 

WILDFLOWER SEEDING ADVANTAGES

 

No matter the size of your project, you can help make wildlife thrive in a simple and inexpensive way. As well as looking beautiful, wildflower seeding promises to help local wildlife and safeguard the British landscape for the future.

Oliver Brown are the UK’s number 1 wildflower seeding contractor and can be contacted here.