How easy is it to grow wildflowers?

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I’m not that green fingered, let’s say I’m a lazy gardener! I like plants that require minimal tending so I have a lot of hardy Fushia, azalea, roddedendron, campunula etc and quite a lot of bee activity which I’d like to encourage.
I have a corner by two walls in my front garden that is dead space, there’s no grass there just weeds, but the ground is very stoney and dry and i wondered about putting wildflowers there. Initially I look at bee bombs, then seed mats but when we tried to dig the ground it’s almost impossible to dig due to so much stone underneath so have given up with those ideas.

I wondered how easy or not, it is to grow wildflower in pots? That I could put in various sizes in the corner. Is it easy to grow from seed? Would I need to start them inside on a windowsill of something? (Don’t have greenhouse) is it a viable idea?

Any recommendations of where to buy seed? Any pictures of wildflowers that people have grown would be great to see

Google 'Bee Bombs'. They're like little pellets that you throw over your soil which then sprouts all kinds of wild flower

Yeah I did look at bee bombshell but it says you do need to prepare the soil somewhat and it is almost impossible to dig because of the amount of stone underneath so I don’t think they would take very well.

Otherwise what other nice flowers, that come back year on year like shady corners that don’t get a massive amount of sun and don’t require too much attention!?

I grew oxeye daisies from seed last year - planted them in seed trays outside and then when they were big enough transplanted to the garden.
Some of them I put under a hedge where nothing grows and they are doing really well there. So they would probably be a good bet for your stony ground.

I find it very hard. The only time I managed to grow one wildflower was when I planted some in memory of a little boy called Ben whose mother posted on here some years back and I had a solitary yellow bloom.

Thanks @Roseburn I like alot so I’ll get some of those!

there’s no grass there just weeds weeds are wildflowers too . When they start flowering, have a good look at them and decide whether there's any you like more than the others. Pull out the ones you don't like, and let the ones you like continue growing. If it's between two walls, the reason no grass is growing there is probably because it's too shady. But dry shade is quite a challenging situation.

Have a look at Malva moschata, musk mallow- that does quite well in pots and is a beautiful plant flowering from summer into autumn.

I find ox-eye daisies are susceptible to slug damage, but you might be OK in your corner because slugs aren't fond of dry soil.

Have you got any really big pots or containers that you could fill with soil and plant as if they were a plot of ground? But be aware that most packets of "wildflower' seeds are mixed annuals (some of them aren't even native to the UK, some contain flowers bred for the garden that aren't wild anywhere) and usually like an open position in the sunshine.

Another alternative is to buy plug plants - these are tiny plants foo young to go into the garden, but would be OK in pots. Target price is about £1 each. You could choose wildflowers that are OK in the shade - red campion, stitchwort, ground ivy etc.

wildseed.co.uk/mixtures/view/30. Have a look at this lot. As PP said, ‘wildflowers’ can mean a lot of different things. What are you looking for? Plants that will self-seed and the bees will like?