Wildflower Meadow Gardening

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So you want to create the eye-catching color and diversity of a wildflower meadow. Unfortunately, just throwing out a few seeds won’t produce the desired results. Natural meadows evolve over many years, adapting to environmental conditions and developing intricate associations between plants, animals, and microorganisms. A planted wildflower meadow can rival nature and deliver low-maintenance advantages in time, but only if it is established correctly and modeled after surrounding natural plant communities. These recommendations are for establishing a wildflower meadow in an open, sunny, welldrained area.

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Natural meadows occur in areas such as alpine slopes or prairies, where environmental factors limit the growth of woody species and halt the natural progress of plant succession. Most meadows are only a transitional stage, and will be replaced by shrubs and trees without long-term management. Many meadow gardeners strive for a field of wildflowers with only occasional clumps of grass, yet grasses are an essential component of a self-sustaining, low-maintenance wildflower meadow. Learn to recognize and encourage desirable native grasses, so you can discourage the growth of aggressive nonnative grasses.
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