Steve Johnston wrote:
hi:

I am thinking of setting up a wildflower garden in my backyard using black
eyed susan and purple coneflower. I plan on starting small and maybe work
may way up to 1/4 or 1/2 of an acre. My concern is that they will end up
propogating onto my neighbors lawn or onto parts of my backyard that i want
to stay as a lawn. Will i have trouble stoping these aggressive wildflowers
from propogating or will mowing be enough to control them?

thanks

Steve,

I grow lots of black eye susans and they do tend to re-seed
themselves in the lawn and a lot of other places you don't
want them. What I do early in the spring is either pull up
or transplant the ones that pop up in places that I don't
want them. I never tried just mowing them down because they
are a fairly tough plant and would likely keep growing. As
they get older they get more "woody" and I like a nice
"barefoot" lawn so I never just leave them grow there.

One thing about growing black eye susans is that (if you
want) you will have LOTS of them to give away to your
friends and neighbors. A couple of weeks ago I gave one of
my neighbors several dozen of them to plant on a hillside.
--
Bill R.

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