Post by chrysanthemum on Mar 24, 2023 20:51:48 GMT -6
Basically ever since we’ve moved here, I’ve been trying to encourage native wildflowers to grow on our property. We’ve had some success but not as much as I would have liked for the amount of effort I put into it. My first attempt involved direct seeding and watering. My next attempts involved making wildflowers seed balls and tossing them around the property at the start of a rainy week (we actually have had those in the past). Neither yielded what I would have liked, though there is the possibility that some of those seeds are still there and dormant and could bloom in future years.
Last fall I tried, I think for the first time, germinating wildflower seeds inside in sponges the way I do some of my vegetables. I got some pretty good germination and potted up so many transplants that I ended up giving some away. I planted the transplants in two spots in the back of the house and in one spot in the front of the house. Last fall I had one flower bloom, I believe, and today in the back yard I noticed three different flowers blooming.
The first is Red Drummond Phlox, I think. It’s really a pretty dark red color.
I have lots of these next ones, but this is the first to bloom. I believe that it’s a Tall Poppy Mallow.
This last picture focused on the leaves rather than the flowers. It’s the famous Texas bluebonnet. My wildflower seed mix had a high percentage of these, but this is the only one I got. I do plan to let all the wildflowers reseed themselves, so hopefully there will be more eventually.
Last fall I tried, I think for the first time, germinating wildflower seeds inside in sponges the way I do some of my vegetables. I got some pretty good germination and potted up so many transplants that I ended up giving some away. I planted the transplants in two spots in the back of the house and in one spot in the front of the house. Last fall I had one flower bloom, I believe, and today in the back yard I noticed three different flowers blooming.
The first is Red Drummond Phlox, I think. It’s really a pretty dark red color.
I have lots of these next ones, but this is the first to bloom. I believe that it’s a Tall Poppy Mallow.
This last picture focused on the leaves rather than the flowers. It’s the famous Texas bluebonnet. My wildflower seed mix had a high percentage of these, but this is the only one I got. I do plan to let all the wildflowers reseed themselves, so hopefully there will be more eventually.
