{"id":7757,"date":"2010-06-08T15:21:14","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T22:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7757"},"modified":"2012-07-30T01:42:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T08:42:17","slug":"wild-flower-bed-with-companion-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/wild-flower-bed-with-companion-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Flower Bed with Companion Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Wild Flower Meadow \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3785601450\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2626\/3785601450_a66a225cfc.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An effective way to use wild flowers\u00c2\u00a0 is to mix in some trusted garden plants. Using some\u00c2\u00a0 trusted garden stand-bys will provide extra colour and structure to a wild area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plants to Support Wild Flower Beds<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/winter-aconites-light-up-under-trees\/\">Aconites<\/a>, Snowdrops and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/growing-easy-plants\/tips-for-growing-water-loving-marsh-marigolds\/\">Marsh Marigolds<\/a> the first blooms may be from Primroses or Day Lilies followed by Dianthus to give a mix of vibrant colour.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12720\">Evening Primrose<\/a> has yellow bell shaped flowers. Oenothera tetragona flowers in spring on reddish green stems, Oenothera missouriensis\u00c2\u00a0 later in the year<\/li>\n<li>Campanula the blue white or sometimes pink Bellflower can also look good.<\/li>\n<li>Foxgloves give height and structure and you could add some Delphiniums.<\/li>\n<li>For some white flowers choose Sneezewort &#8216;Acillea ptarmica&#8217;, Candytuft , Ox-eye daisy or Anthemis punctata<\/li>\n<li>Heliopsis, Rudbeckia and Achillea are good looking yellows.<\/li>\n<li>Cranesbill geraniums and Columbines can also complement wild flowers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wild Flowers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can buy seed mixtures aimed at different locations such as Cornfield mix and others from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=wildflower\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many individual plants appeal as wild flowers particularly the daisy and buttercups. Still <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8187\">more wild flowers are scented<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The red Poppy is potentially one of the most popular varieties and I would opt for Papaver rhoeas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/wild-orchids-in-britain\/\">Wild Orchids<\/a> are harder to grow but if you have the patience they can be rewarding<\/li>\n<li>See also Wild Seed <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/wildflower-seed-suppliers\/\">Suppliers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Do not forget the humble Dandelion in various leaf forms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips on Wild Seed Sowing<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am grateful to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/flower.htm\">Selfsufficientish<\/a> for this tip &#8216;In the UK the Natural History Museum run an excellent service where you can type in your postcode and see which plant species are native to your area, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/science\/projects\/fff\/\">click here to visit it<\/a>. It includes species they deem as garden worthy.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Most wildflower seeds are very small so mix some sand in with the seed mixture will make it easier broadcast evenly.<\/li>\n<li>Rake the seed in lightly.<\/li>\n<li>Water the area and keep the seedlings moist until they are a few inches tall.<\/li>\n<li>Germination will occur in 10 &#8211; 21 days and your first blooms should reward you in 5-6 weeks.Weeds will try and invade, but wildflowers grow densely and you just need to decide what is a weed and what isn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Field Poppies \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3785605738\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2475\/3785605738_e30f80ac86.jpg\" alt=\"Field Poppies\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An effective way to use wild flowers\u00c2\u00a0 is to mix in some trusted garden plants. Using some\u00c2\u00a0 trusted garden stand-bys will provide extra colour and structure to a wild area. Plants to Support Wild Flower Beds After the Aconites, Snowdrops and Marsh Marigolds the first blooms may be from Primroses or Day Lilies followed by Dianthus to give a mix of vibrant colour. Evening Primrose has yellow bell shaped flowers. Oenothera tetragona flowers in spring on reddish green stems, Oenothera&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/wild-flower-bed-with-companion-plants\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,32],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-7757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-gardening","category-design","tag-seeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}