Grey imports is a new term I learned yesterday from our trustee Mike. I was explaining to him the biggest problem our native flora has. It is, when imports of our native species are sown or planted here. Mike quietly said, “there’s a name for imitations of the real thing …
We are selling wild flower plants at Saintfield Market tomorrow 10.30 to 2.30pm. We’ll bring a selection of our plants:Lythrum salicariaIris pseudacorusLeucanthemum vulgareKnautia arvensis (featured photo)Succisa pratensisSalix cinereaSalix capreaSalix auritaPrimula vulgarisAchillea millefoliumEupatorium cannibinumHypericum perforatum 3 litre pots £6.50 each. Also bringing full range of wild flower seeds and seed mixes. …
The Society for Ecological Restoration are presenting this workshop.
Collecting wild flower seed from the wild is one way to get fresh seed. There are a few considerations for those adventerous enough to try it out. If it’s native seed you’re looking for, how do you find out if the population you’ve spotted is actually native? To find out …
So planting out in the field has begun for 2021. It was a tough start – or non start until this week due to the drought. The cold weather is alright for our wild flowers after we hardened the plugs off first.Annuals are going in now, they’re the ones needing …
To feed or not to feed? So, a little biology first. Plants love food – nutrients and water, without exception. The reason some people think wild flowers prefer less nutrition is because the widespread amenity grasses that they often have to compete with thrive on extra nitrogen and other nutrients …
We can take our cue from nature. Most perennial plants and many annuals can be sown at the time of natural dispersal of the parent in the wild. In the case of perennials start them off now and under protection from the worst of the winter weather, your babies will …
