Gardening Gone Wild

Wild plants are plants that are not planted by someone for any specific purpose and taken care of. There are many wild plants blooming beautiful flowers. People are now planting such wildflower plants in their gardens to enhance the beauty of their garden. It is essential to follow the basic flower gardening tips to make your garden attractive and stunning. You can plant the colorful and interesting flower plants in your garden to make it look more eye-catching.
Wild Flower Gardening:
Wild flowers can be grown in your flower garden along with your other garden plants. The maintenance required for these wild flower plants is too less. They also have less water requirement.
For giving your garden a wild look, you can include different grasses in your garden. Select the wild plants with attractive appearance for planting in your garden. Black eyed Susan, zinnia, yarrow, cleome, cosmos, etc. are good choices for your garden. Following are some basic tips to take care of your garden wild plants.
• Plants do not require frequent watering. Water the plants during dry spell. This will help to keep the plant look at its best.
• Wild flowers grow very quickly and densely. Weeds will generally grow during initial days but will be automatically reduced after the wild plants cover the entire garden area.
• Trimming the garden plants is the major maintenance tools. During the late fall when the perennials become dormant, all the plants should be trimmed down to 4-6 inches. You can use the lawn mower for this purpose. Cutting the plants will save their energy that can be utilized for dense growth.
• Plan your garden bed before you plant the wild flower plants.
• The finest time to plant the wild flowers is in spring. This will give them enough time to get adjusted to the climate. If you wish to start wild flower gardening in summer, make sure to start it before frost.
• Before planting the garden, design your garden accurately and keep the pathway in-between the garden to walk.
Wild flowers in your garden will attract the useful insects like butterflies, humming birds and other beneficial insects. These insects can help in the pollination of your flowers plants. This will be bonus of planting the wild flowers in your flower gardens.