Cornfield flowers

I am planning to turn my front lawn into a cornfield flower patch. It's a fairly small lawn, behind a hedge but front facing.

I've read about making sure I have wildflower seeds that haven't been hybridized and I'm looking at online suppliers. I feel okay about preparing the ground and sowing the seeds. I'll be making some CD/plastic bag strings to try to keep the birds off the seed.

What I'm not sure of is what to do with the spring bulbs that are there already. There are what looks like daffodils and something else coming up at the moment. Can I leave those bulbs in? Can I plant more before I put the seed down, so there's a spring flush, then the cornfield after?

Thanks.

 

I can't see why not. Its surely just a slight variation on the bulb layering trick:

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/seeds-and-bulbs/how-to-layer-bulbs-in-a-pot/51.html

Think about what happens in nature. Plants compete for light. Over millions of years of evolution they've developed some good tricks, including getting off to an early start and getting your flowers out there before everyone else has even woke up, which is what many of the spring bulbs do. Other plants achieve their competitive advantage by shed as many seeds as possible to increase the chances of success, such as your cornfield annuals. I reckon mix the two together, and with a bit of help from you (weeding, feeding, watering, trimming etc) they will mostly find their own balance.

 

Nice! Thank you.