Wildflower meadows in a domestic setting

 I know, I know, I'm always going on about this: it is not possible to create a genuine Wildflower Meadow in a domestic setting, for many reasons.

 

Not least being that you need several acres of poor-quality grassland to start with, and you need a regime of grazing animals to be put on it and taken off it at specific times of year.

So if you are starting with a lush domestic lawn, you are never going to be able to create a “proper” wildflower meadow.

“Most people” ie books, magazines, and - these days - the internet, will tell you that you need to drastically weaken or remove your own grass first: and that is never as easy as it sounds. Merely sowing Yellow Rattle won't do it -.......

 

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