We had a very narrow strip of land between the sidewalk and road, which the previous owner had filled with gravel. I dug out all the gravel and put dirt/compost in its place, then dumped about ½ pound native wildflower mix on top and lightly covered. That was mid-May, currently everything is about 12”-18” and bachelor buttons, baby’s breath, cosmos, and coreopsis are in bloom.
First picture is from today and goes back in time to when I first planted everything.
by altitudious
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“US native” and “bachelor buttons” and “Baby’s breath” do no mix
These are not native. Most “wildflower mixes” are simply easy to grow non-natives. Besides a little pollen, they provide little to the biosphere.
That’s beautiful! What a great transition.
EDIT here since I can’t edit the post: this wildflower mix was not actually completely native. Will try and find a better mix next year!
Don’t listen to complainers. Looks amazing. I often fantasize about doing this when I walk around urban areas and the medians are just dead dry grass.
That’s fantastic, what lovely idea
Looks lovely! I’m jealous your cosmos are blooming so nicely 🙂
We need to curtail our obsession with purity of our “nativeness”. OP made a great effort with attractive results. He/she deserves a pat on the back, not a smack of the hand.