I just planted a wildflower mix with calendula, delphineum, zinna, bachelor's buttons, salvia and a few others I can't remember. I know some of these won't do that well because they need to be in a colder climate. It has been a few years since I planted a flower garden so I thought I'd do one this year. I do have nasturtiums that have reseeded and glads that have naturalized so I have those coming up more or less regularly. I am also renovating the front border and the roses. I took out the cuphea and I am going to plant alyssum there instead. The bees love it. I planted geraniums on the other end because it is drier and they don't need a lot of water, but they do try to take over. I may have to rethink that.
I do have agapanthus and they provide flowers in early summer and pretty much are on their own. The rest of the time they just provide green and ground cover.
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j3707
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- Location: Pacific Northwest, Zone 8, 48" annual rainfall, dry summers.
I am going to sow some wildflower seed this spring. It'll be interesting to see what gets established. I have a mix as well as some nasturtium seeds I saved from last year. I also picked up some snapdragon seeds. I had one growing in our planter box last year, which then self seeded to the ground nearby. I let that grow, then I saw one pop up on an unirrigated clay hillside during the summer. It never got very big, but it stayed green and had some flowers. I was impressed...so as long as the deer don't get 'em, they should make a great wildflower.