Wildflower
Seed Mixtures By Height or by Cutting Regime
Always remove the
Cuttings, rake up and then rake over
the bare soil to scratch the soil to
help new seedlings germinate.
Any
Meadow
Can
be topped to 10cm by July, will flower again in same year
A meadow
left uncut must be cut the following spring
Grassy
meadows
Top
or cut to 10cm any grassy meadow where the grass out-grows
the
wildflowers, once the grass gets checked', the flora will grow through.
In
time the fertility will reduce
Short
Cut meadow
Cut/top 2, 3 or 4 times per year to 10cm,
to delay flowering
until summer can be cut again in Autumn
Medium
Height meadow
Top in spring by May and cut in July August
Tall
Meadow
Cut in Autumn or spring to allow winter seed heads for birds
Spring
Flowering can be cut in June,
even if summer flowers have started
Summer
Flowering
should be cut between late June
to July and Topped in Autimn
Autumn
Flowering Can be topped in spring or early summer
and cut in late
September or Autumn or following Spring
No
Cut Tall Meadows = Try Cut them occasionally, if on rich soil
Woodland No
Cutting Required, aim to remove infestations of Bramble and Ivy
Wetland Wet
soil can be difficult to get on to to cut,
so in the early years cut when
ever you can, even in Summer
Stitched
or Over-sown meadows, includes plugs
Sow
growers will sow or plant plugs into existing grassy swards,
in the first
and sometimes second year top these to allow seeds to grow,
do not allow
grass to smother the meadow
We remove all dead grass
because it rots down and make soil more fertile.
Bare soil and allows
ultra violet sun light to sterilise the soil,
so that new seedlings grow
in mould free environment.
Sunlight discourages slugs and slug eggs
and having little
decaying/dead thatch allows birds to scratch the soil.
Design
By Nature - Monavea, Crettyard, Via Carlow. Co Laois. Ireland
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choice of Irish Gardeners Since 1990
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