Wildflower Gutter Garden

The price of installing a gutter garden at home is less than building a raised garden bed or using multiple planters.

Wildflower gutter garden. I am inspired by god s creation. A wildflower garden is an excellent addition to any property. Gutters are an affordable alternative. While wildflower seed mixes are cheap and easy to find your best success will come if you purchase either individual plant seed or better still plants.

The wildflower garden is a place were i create handmade pottery for the home and garden. Our wildflower garden is in a raised bed but you can also plant directly in the ground. The cultivars although based on the native species have been selectively bred to encourage certain characteristics that are different from the native species taller shorter or with different flower colors. And yes it does take some work.

Prepare the area by tilling up any grass or weeds. To plant your own wildflower garden select ground on your property that gets the most sunlight. The raised bed was built upon a 2 inch 5 cm thick bed of 1 inch 3 cm landscaping rock for drainage and this is not necessary for wildflower gardens not planted in raised beds. Whether you just wanted to scatter seeds along a back fence or plant an entire pasture for pastoral beauty here is a quick primer on how to grow a wildflower garden.

I use that as motivation to make functional pottery as well as art for the garen such as fairy houses. Planting a wildflower garden. Designed to provide nonstop season long color annuals like plains coreopsis and sulphur cosmos burst into bloom their very first summer while perennial varieties like purple prairie clover and black eyed susan. Most of us who garden have at one time or another dreamed of the charm and whimsy of a wildflower garden.

Even if you buy the materials you need you re probably looking at spending around 35 at home depot. The flowers bloom all summer season then the seeds dropped in later fall overwinter and then begin to grow with spring heat and water. I am amazed at all the complexities of flowers and foliage. You can plant a wildflower garden in early spring after frost or in late fall.

After all that s how nature plants them. The midwest wildflower seed mix is comprised of 28 different wildflower species all perfect for planting in the heartland of the usa. If you prefer to go with a packaged seed mix it will tell you how large an area it covers. Not only do these flowers look beautiful but they are relatively low maintenance and require less care than the average lawn.

How to start a wildflower garden. This is especially true if you repurpose gutters youhave laying around in storage. Purchase plants or individual plant seeds.