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Wild
Flower Calendar
February
Winter Aconites and Snowdrops
will be finishing their show this month or next at the latest. Daisies
will continue to flower this month, and the Wild Daffodil and Primroses
make their appearance.
Meadow
Mixes for creating a Wild Flower Meadow can be sown later this
month. They can be sown in the autumn
(August to October) or Spring (February to May), but on heavy clay
soils it is be best to sow in Spring as water-logging may cause some
seed/seedlings to rot during the Winter.
Wild
Flower Seeds which are best sown in Spring can be sown later this
month. Some wild flower seeds will germinate
easily, but others can take longer. This is one of the cheapest
and easiest ways to provide flowering nectar plants for the
garden. Try one of our
Seed Collections which contain a mix of seeds for specific
locations, soil types or to attract wildlife eg Honey & Bumble Bee,
Butterfly or Bird Mixes.
Continue to provide food and
water for the birds, particularly during cold spells. It is a good
time to put up nesting boxes which garden birds will use during the
Spring. If you have
any larger perennial wild flower plants, they can be divided this month
eg Greater Knapweed, Oxeye Daisies, Yarrow. Although
wild and species roses don't need to be hard -pruned, they may benefit
from a tidy up this month eg Field Rose, Sweet Briar, Dog Rose, Burnet
Rose.
Here are some February Wild
Flowers that we currently stock seeds for. Click on the photograph to buy seeds
from the seed catalogue pages.
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