The best way of treating any wildflower lawn or meadow is to cut once a year, after the majority of the flowers have finished flowering, in the UK any time from july to september depending on the species you have growing.

Cut using a mower, strimmer, scythe, or any other sharp implement to hand!

Leave the cuttings in place for 1-2 days to dry out, and for any seed to drop from the seed heads of the flowers.

Then collect up the clippings. ( easier to do now as a lot of the moisture will have gone - so less weight to rake up!)

This removes any excess fertility, instead of returning it to the ground. As mentioned, the lower the fertility of your soil, the more flowers you wil have, as the grass will be less rampant and lush.

Then wait for an even better show next year ...

hope this helps,

Linette
http://www.applegategardens.co.uk