You can easily create a beautiful wildflower meadow on a large grassy area. Read here how to do this and how to properly maintain it.
If you convert your garden into a wildflower meadow, you can offer numerous insects, birds and also reptiles an optimal habitat in this way. Colorful flowers and lively hustle and bustle guarantee you a really great picture in front of the terrace.
Wildflower meadows have at least 30 different types of flowers on average. Some seed offers also contain wild herbs - sometimes also as flowering plants. The following describes how to correctly apply the seed mixture and then properly care for the wildflower meadow.
Location Requirements
To create a flower meadow, you need a lawn that is as generous as possible (preferably on a slope), which is in the sun or in the light semi-shade. You must also note that wildflowers usually thrive better in soil that is as nutrient-poor as possible than in humus-rich soil.
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Particularly nutrient-rich soil should be mixed with plenty of sand before planting (slimming cure for the soil), which will ensure optimal growth of the wild flowers from day one.
Sowing
In the garden trade there are numerous wildflower mixtures that are ideal for sowing. However, you should study the individual mixing ratios (diversity of species) carefully and only then make a selection. Mixtures that are particularly rich in species are also available in specialist agricultural shops because they are often preferred by farmers for the production of hay. Here you will often also find wildflower meadows that are even suitable for nutrient-rich soil, or even individually composed mixtures.
A wildflower meadow is sown like a conventional lawn (see Sowing a flower meadow - how it's done). It is important that you water your wildflower meadow several times a day for the first few days. Spring is the best time to sow wildflower meadows.
Care
Wildflower meadows usually need a farless maintenance than conventional lawns, as they only need to be mowed twice a year. However, due to the high growth, you should use a scythe to mow the meadow.
The first cut, the so-called summer cut, should always be done after the first flowering, when the flower seeds have already flown. And the second cut will be in the fall.
You don't have to fertilize your wildflower meadow either. During longer periods of drought, however, you must irrigate the meadow sufficiently.