Sick of mowing so I prepped 6 patches on my property last year for wildflowers etc. Daily weeding but seems to be coming along well. East US
1-2 Bachelors button (blue)
3-7 All native eastern US patch
8-13 Annual/perennial mid east US wildflower mix + ground bees (super chill)
14 Eventual Poppy patch
15 Small Poppy starter patch
16 Annual/perennial mid east US wildflower mix and other half all cosmos
17 Lupine patch (sundial lupine. Needs weeding)
18 Random overflow seed patch with a little bit of everything (needs weeding)
19 Slow boi chillin
by dooge8
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You sure did do a lot of lawn work, to avoid lawn work. Looks cool though. Another season it will be beautiful.
Congrats on the prairie!
Cornflower is considered an invasive species in the US. It’s native to Europe.
Good start! Have some inspiration from the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin.
https://imgur.com/a/ZkFCKi2
Edit: actually, that’s a great picture. I’m going to make a separate post with it
Looks great. I have a large patch I want to do as well. Where did you get your seed? Also, with that much vegetation, how are you identifying weeds – going thru plant by plant?
super pretty. be careful with wildflower seed mixes though! as far as i know cornflowers, poppies, and cosmos are all non-native to the US ):
there are a few native poppy species but they’re mostly native to california and arizona.
American Meadows is notorious for using non-native seeds in their mixes, as are all big box stores.
Definitely second the recommendation to check out wildflower.org and see what’s native to your region specifically!
I love how you went with natives instead of the lawn. Clearly the local wildlife loves it too