Fill your garden with wildflowers using tips on selecting seeds, planting, and care—plus how to scatter seeds naturally. Growing wildflowers is an excellent way to welcome wildlife, such as ...

Wildflower seed mixes are an alluring concept. Pictures often depict flowers in a variety of colors and shapes blooming all at once. Before you plant a wildflower mix, here are things to consider. Not ...

The National Audubon Society’s “Wildflowers of North America” (Knopf, 2023) is a tour de force in the realm of plant guides. Full-page profiles of more than 850 species are included, each of which ...

If you have a bare patch in your yard that needs some color and life — and bees and butterflies to boot — you may want to consider planting a wildflower garden. Wildflowers come in a range of colors ...

Becca Lewis is home maintenance writer who aims to foster confidence in and inspire DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Becca attended Southern Connecticut State University, where she studied ...

Have you ever hiked at Clifton Gorge or other natural areas in Ohio during April or May? It is a feast for the senses! Among the carpet of every green you can imagine is an elegant spring-blooming ...

For a small planting, mix the wildflower seeds with sand or sandy soil and broadcast evenly over the area by hand. Provide good seed contact with the soil, if practical, by pressing the seed into the ...

The unrelenting sun often forces us indoors at summer’s end, seeking refuge from oppressive heat. Thankfully, the recent rain and break in temperatures has us thinking about the garden again. In ...

Some wildflowers are blooming now, including Salvia coccinea, violet ruellia, and frogfruit, but fall also is the time to plant wildflower seeds to bloom in the spring. Salvia coccinea, also called ...