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Create Your Own Meadow – Step 3: Preserve

March 19, 2020 By Stewardship Team

Early May – Early October: Once your wildflowers are planted, regularly inspect your meadow to ensure that invasive weeds are not colonizing the space. Hand pulling or cutting weeds below the height of native species should help to manage any invasives that may creep into your meadow.

Year Two and Beyond: Mow the entire meadow once a year in late March to early April to a height of about 6 inches — before the young wildflowers start pushing through the grass. Although some landscape professionals recommend mowing meadows in the fall as well, leaving plants unmowed over the winter provides important food and shelter for wildlife during the harsh winter months. Should you decide to mow a second time in the fall, wait until the year following installation to give the young wildflowers a chance to establish.

Wildflower plugs generally take three years to fully mature, so patience is required, but the result is well worth the wait!

Filed Under: Native Plants, native wildflower meadow, Stewardship, wildflower meadow

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