How to create a 'wild' garden.

Good morning everyone. Following on from my thread about the use of a baby bath for a pond, I would like to ask the following;

I want to set aside a small part of my garden for a wild area, we are talking 8' x 3'. What sort of plants would be mainly evergreen and suitable for this project. I would of course sow 'wild flowers' as well for summer colour etc.

The ground there can become very waterlogged in the winter months (clay soil) but also become very dry in the summer.

I want to edge the area with small branches that I may find in the local forests....New Forest/Wareham forest.......I thought this would make and interesting edging and add a bit of charecter.

Any ideas would be most welcome as always; Thank you all. Dave

 

Hi Dave

Hmmmm!! that's a difficult one, there are few if any plants that would survive heavy
waterlogging during the winter, most would die from root damage as waterlogging limits
oxygen to the roots. if you could drain the land it would make the job easier. anyone
have any suggestions??. sorry I can't help further Dave.

Pete

 

1) Get a wildflower seed mix (you can get special ones for different aspects / soil types if you must).

2) Chuck it down, as per instructions on the packet.

3) Leave it. No mowing, deadheading, watering, nowt.

A lot of wildflower seed mixes include grasses etc, some of which will be evergreen. There's loads out there, have a shop around.

*edit* sorry, might need mowing / chopping and dead stuff raking out once a year perhaps depending on which seed mix you go for. But that's all, really.

 

Leave it with me..............I'm on the case!!!!!!

 

if its in a sunny area i would let some nettles grow and would put logs and stones and rocks for ll the invertibrates and insects - butterflies love nettles a bit of hedge trimmings and dead leaves

a haven

Loopy

oh you have to make it a 'no tread' area