No matter where in the country you are, May is one of the busiest gardening months. It’s a time when our gardens come alive and start bursting with blooms, and is also a big month for planting wildflowers, perennials, tender annuals, and more. We’ll talk about what to add to your garden in May, along with important maintenance tasks to keep up with to ensure a long, healthy growing season. The work you put in now will pay off in the summer months, we promise! The post May Gardening Chores appeared first on American Meadows Blog ..read more

Although many seeds can be sown directly on bare soil in the spring or the fall, some flower varieties fare better being started weeks before the ground warms up. There are innumerable ways to start seeds and a variety of tools available for purchase to assist in the process. We’ll go over some of the most common (and successful) ways to start seeds both indoors and out, as well as give our favorite tools for the job. The post How To Start Seeds appeared first on American Meadows Blog ..read more

Wildflower gardeners have always wanted a quick, easy way to create a big burst of color in their gardens or meadows with as little effort and cost as possible. Because of this, we created our famous All Annual Mixture decades ago to give these gardeners just what they were asking for. As a result, thousands of gardens, meadows, and lawns across the country have been ignited in easy annual wildflower colors and have become an oasis for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. But recently we’ve had requests for the same type of easy color, only pared down a bit. Instead of 8-10 different vari ..read more

Steve and Lynn moved into Steve’s great-grandfather’s home (where his mother grew up) 12 years ago. The house sits on about ¼ acre and had minimal landscaping except for some Irises, a few shrubs, and a 50-year-old patch of Rhubarb. In the decade since they’ve re-populated the family home, they’ve managed to create a peaceful landscape with several garden rooms that all tie together, all while creating a nostalgic feel for a home that has been in their family for generations. The post Garden Tour: A Whimsical Perennial Garden With Rooms, Nostalgia appeared first on American Meadows Blog ..read more