Instructions / Assembly

are young, rather than fully grown plants. Weeds can be eliminated

by pulling, hoeing or spot spraying with an herbicide. Be careful to

keep spray away from desirable plants.

Mowing. After flowering and seed has been set, your wildflower

garden can be mowed. Mow no lower than six inches. This technique

will encourage any perennials that you may have.

Fertilizing. Wildflowers do best in soils with low fertility. High

nitrogen soils only encourage the growth of weeds and vegetative

growth at the expense of flowering. Fertilizing should be only done

on soils with no nutrients. Use organic fertilizers with very low

nitrogen (five percent or less) content.

Reseeding. To enable your wildflowers to reseed, leave the flowers

on the plants after blooming and allow them to develop seeds. After

seed development, wildflowers can be mowed or cut down which will

help to scatter the new seed. If you have planted a wildflower

mixture, you may want to reseed some of the annuals in the mixture.

Although some will reseed, you will get a better show of flowers if

you do some additional reseeding yourself.

Enjoying. If you're new to wildflower gardening, you may not have

realized that wildflowers are not a throw-and-grow proposition. Only

the best seed combined with the proper choices, preparation,

planting and maintenance will ensure a successful experience with

wildflowers. You'll relish the experience and the resulting beauty

wildflowers will bring to your gardens!