Herbs and Wildflowers

Fumitory

From start to finish and revisiting 2 years later.

Hi,Depends on what you want, there are several online suppliers of wildflower plug plants if you want a specific layout. You could sow your own seeds for individual types of wildflowers and then plant them where you want etc.Even Wilco have a wide choice of seeds, mixed or individual.

The Mexican bush oregano is a nice plant to grow

The mentzelia plant also known as mentzelia blazing star is a showy annual with fragrant, star-shaped blooms that open in the evening. The mentzelia plant has satiny, sweet-smelling flowers that bloom profusely from mid spring to early autumn.

A close up of the flower may be useful rather than of the shoe.

Thank you all ... I shall try to get Basil mint and Au de colone mint.

That's the baby Just the opposite to the thuggy one, it needs coddling.

Thanks for your replies! I'm fairly confident now because of the taste, and the stems are going purple as the plant matures. I think wormwood also has a strong smell.

Thanks @Macraignil, for your reply. I'll start changing things about and start feeding them.

I've seen Orange Tips, Small Tortoiseshells and Bee Flies on the Ground Ivy, can't remember what's been on Bugle, seen Common Blues and Small Heaths on White Clover, and Painted Ladies, Peacocks, Skippers and Meadow Browns on Red Clover.

Since it is one of the most common roadside weeds around here, we pull it out in the garden long before any butterfly can lay eggs on it without worrying. It really is a seed weed of the first order if you let it set seed.

The pink flowers do look like Ladies Smock and the other plant could well be Wood Avens.. Why won't the Ladies Smock grow again after the grass has been cut? I did wait until it had finished flowering before cutting.

These are on the South Downs, Jevington, East Sussex. They love the chalk soil. A joy to see and take pictures of them, Jenny namaste

Just looking at your picture, is the wall in shade? If so, I believe that may limit which herbs will grow well. I absolutely love the pallet idea and was thinking of doing the same, until someone pointed out my wall was completely north facing and never ever got a drop of direct sunlight.

Hi are you doing that onto prepared ground, or can i be lazy and do the same onto the bottom half of my grassTony

Usually in a wildflower mix there's a mix of perennial and annual, not sure if there's any perennial in that mix. I'd dig up the grasses and perhaps put some seed in its place.

Thx... I'll do this going forward

Envy you the pink - never seen it.

Once heard that according to the laws of aerodynamics bumble bees shouldn't be able to fly.