What we do with our gardens can help or harm wildlife, the idea of making our gardens wildlife-friendly is to help wildlife.
There are many ways we can make our gardens wildlife-friendly.
One great way to make our gardens wildlife-friendly, is by planting native wildflowers in our gardens. Wildflowers native to where you live are the best options to choose, as they are what your native wildlife will depend on.
With the decline in insects, wildlife and other biodiversity, our gardens are more important than ever, our gardens can be spaces to help wildlife, which is why it's a good idea to grow native wildflowers.
In this post we will look at the native flowers which are native to the UK. Plants are the foundation of all life, so growing native wildflowers in your garden will help - insects, birds, mammals like hedgehogs and more. All of life is connected, and plants support other life and help them to thrive, which is why growing wildflowers will help your local wildlife and the environment.
How Can You Plant Wildflowers In Your Garden?
One way to grow wildflowers in your garden, is by creating a mini-meadow.
Green lawns can look boring and lifeless, replacing it with a mini-meadow filled with wildflowers can help bring it to life, make it look pretty and bring wildlife to your front door - watching insects, birds, flowers and more is relaxing and enjoyable, and nature benefits our mental health, which are other reasons to create a wildlife-friendly garden.
So, what types of wildflowers can you grow?
You should choose wildflowers native to your area, as those are the species of flowers which will be most beneficial to your local wildlife.
In this post, we are going to focus on wildflowers that you can grow in your garden if you are in the UK, so let's take a look at the beautiful wildflowers you can grow!
"A weed is but an unloved flower" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Dandelions
Dandelions are beautiful and fun wildflowers.
They are also a fave of bees!
Planting dandelions, either in a pot, some pots of as part of a mini-meadow in your garden, wild help bees and other pollinators.
Thistle
Thistles are tall beautiful flowers.
Like dandelions, thistle seeds float in the air once they disperse from the plant, this creates a beautiful sight as it looks like snow, on a summer's day it is magical to see on a summer's day.
Thistles are also important flowers, as they support many different species, including - ladybirds, butterflies, slugs and bees.
Daisies
Daisies are beautiful wildflowers.
They would make a pretty garden addition in a small flower pot, or as part of a min-meadow in the garden. These beautiful flowers are helpful to insects like bees, wasps and hoverflie.
They would make a pretty garden addition in a small flower pot, or as part of a min-meadow in the garden. These beautiful flowers are helpful to insects like bees, wasps and hoverfliesre are different species of daisies that can be found in the UK - the common daisy and the ox eye daisy can be found in the UK.
Teasel
Teasels are tall beautiful wildflowers.
They flower during the summer, but look eye-catching all year round. They are also really important in providing food for wildlife, including bees and birds. So if you are looking to help birds, as well as insects, then plant some teasels in your garden and it will give the birds a natural source of food.
Clover
There are two types of flowers found in the UK - red clover and white clovers.
Good ways you can grow clover in your garden are by making them part of a mini-meadow, or by making them a border plant in your garden.
Bees love clovers, which is a great reason to include them in your wildlife garden. By planting wildflowers in your garden like clover, and the other wildflowers listed, you will be helping wildlife. There are also other wildflowers in the UK that you could put in your garden, by getting creative, with your lawn, borders, plant pots and more, you can include wildflowers in your garden that is helpful to insects, hedgehogs, birds and more, you will be creating a space for wildlife, and in our world where our natural world is being destroyed and dramatically declining, it is more important now more than ever to help wildlife and the natural world.
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