"meadow-Looking" landscape with sowing seasonal flowers seed
Tsu Dho Nimh
>I am in the field of landscape architecture.
>In the western countries, there is commericial supply of wild flower seed
>mix for project to produce "meadow" habitats.
>
>Is this concept able to be borrowed to suit the Hong Kong context? First of
>all, is there an equivalent ecological habitat in Hong Kong? Of course, we
>have wild flowers in Hong Kong. But i am sure there is no commercial supply
>of them.
Could you hire someone to harvest wildflower seeds?
> I have an idea but i am not sure if it works or not. If i mix the seeds of
>both spring sown and autumn sown seasonal flowers, and cast-seed or
>hydroseed them, will i be able to obtain a "meadow-looking" landscape?
>Assuming the plants produce seeds by themselves and there are seed
>dispersals, theoretically, the "meadow-looking" landscape shall be able to
>sustain itself.
It should work, if the flowers are self-seeders. You could
hydrocast the spring-sown ones now and the autumn-sown ones after
mowing the meadows in late summer. It would not be a "meadow",
which is a large open area, but you would have a self-sustaining
flower bed that looks different from year to year.
The typical wildflower mixes we use are a mix of annuals and
perennials.
> If the idea i am thinking works, maybe there is an alternative to produce
>colorful landscape that is "meadow looking" and yet economic to set up.
It sounds feasible. If you find a small area and try it you
will know in a few years.
I am wondering where in Hong Kong you will find empty land big
enough for a meadow ... it's pretty densly overbuilt.
Tsu Dho Nimh
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greg presley
university (WSU) did on wildflower seed mixtures. Most had over 50% weed
and/or extremely invasive non-native seeds - NONE had seeds of flowering
plants native to the inland pacific northwest. The article's bottom line
recommendation: NEVER buy a wildflower seed mix!
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Tsu Dho Nimh
>There was just an article in our local paper about research that the local
>university (WSU) did on wildflower seed mixtures. Most had over 50% weed
>and/or extremely invasive non-native seeds - NONE had seeds of flowering
>plants native to the inland pacific northwest. The article's bottom line
>recommendation: NEVER buy a wildflower seed mix!
Oh ... the mix I bought was chock-full of local natives. Reading
the label is a must, as is buying from a local rather than
national packager.