How to Mow Wildflowers

Wildflowers are colorful, vibrant flowers that grow with little to no maintenance. If you are growing large areas of wildflowers, such as in a meadow or part of your garden, one beneficial component of your annual maintenance involves mowing the flowers. This keeps down any weeds that grow faster than the wildflowers as well as rejuvenates the flowers themselves. Once you mow the wildflowers, their seeds will have a better chance of germinating.

Things You'll Need

• Lawn mower
• Rake

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Instructions

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     Wait until the end of the growing season, which is usually mid- to late autumn, depending on your climate. The wildflowers will already have set and dropped seeds.

   • 2

     Set your mower to its highest setting and mow the wildflowers down with the lawn mower.

   • 3

     Rake up the cut wildflowers and compost them or dispose of them in the trash.

   • 4

     Repeat the mowing once a year in the fall.