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When and How to Cut Your Wildflower Meadow

Many of the failures we see - when a wildflower meadow reverts to grass - are due to poor cutting regimes. People tend to be rather nervous about mowing. It...

When and How to Cut Your Wildflower Meadow

Many of the failures we see - when a wildflower meadow reverts to grass - are due to poor cutting regimes. People tend to be rather nervous about mowing. It...

Wildflower Seed Packets on Amazon and eBay

Wildflower seed packets sold on Amazon and Ebay are very symptomatic of some of the things going wrong in my world at the moment. There ARE some very good packets...

Wildflower Seed Packets on Amazon and eBay

Wildflower seed packets sold on Amazon and Ebay are very symptomatic of some of the things going wrong in my world at the moment. There ARE some very good packets...

Wildflower meadow full of Devilsbit scabious

Which Wildflower Seed Should I Buy?

Take Care When You Buy Wildflower Seed It turns out there are relatively few suppliers of wildflower seed in the UK. There are a lot of more or less good...

Which Wildflower Seed Should I Buy?

Take Care When You Buy Wildflower Seed It turns out there are relatively few suppliers of wildflower seed in the UK. There are a lot of more or less good...

Plantlife

Readers of this blog will probably be familiar with Plantlife, the plant conservation charity. They do significant work around the country managing land and raising awareness of the importance of...

Plantlife

Readers of this blog will probably be familiar with Plantlife, the plant conservation charity. They do significant work around the country managing land and raising awareness of the importance of...

Weed or Wildflower? Which is Which?

I always tell punters one man's weed is another one's wildflower. I'm not sure that's strictly true in most cases. Problematic plants? I know dandelions and plantains can be a...

Weed or Wildflower? Which is Which?

I always tell punters one man's weed is another one's wildflower. I'm not sure that's strictly true in most cases. Problematic plants? I know dandelions and plantains can be a...

Wildflower Meadows: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

We sell a fair amount of seed for wildflower meadows. You might say wildflower meadows are a bit of an obsession, in fact. We do everything we can to make...

Wildflower Meadows: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

We sell a fair amount of seed for wildflower meadows. You might say wildflower meadows are a bit of an obsession, in fact. We do everything we can to make...