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Best wildflower seeds for guerrilla gardening.

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megletthesecond · 11/03/2018 13:41

I want to chuck a handful of wild seeds down on a patch near our house. What are the best ones to use, I was thinking poppies as they seem indestructible.

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Flopjustwantscoffee · 12/03/2018 23:04

Poppies need disturbed soil. So if it's patch of ground that has been recently churned up, or if you can go pit and dig it over a bit then poppies might work.

CreativeMumma · 14/03/2018 17:32

i recently did this and then read loads about, apparently the ground ideally needs be churned up and grass free! one of the suggestions as to put the seeds into a used tea bags (while they are wet) as this helps to get them going.
i used a naive wildflower packet good for bees and butterflies.

brownelephant · 14/03/2018 17:36

borage, marigold are good ones. agree with pp that the seeds need a medium.

haven't heatd of the teagbag trick, might be stealing that Wink

JT05 · 15/03/2018 12:22

Wilkinson’s sell boxes of wild flower seeds mixed with compost for about £5. The ones that will survive in the environment will grow and flower.
I’ve done this in a patch and am awaiting the spring germination! 😊

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