What kind of Lily are you hiding? The wildflower mixes are natural looking so it depends if that will both you. I find they do better year two than the first year for the most part, at least in my zone.

I have to ask, you do realize that you will be p*lanting a wildflower g*arden with that seed mix, right? As keesha mentioned, it will have a very relaxed and casual look to it, which could translate to what neighbor and DH said, 'messy'. If you are asking if it will be tall enough to hide dying lily foliage, there are a few that would be medium height, but with a mix, you never know how many of those you will get and where they will end up. You also have to expect it to take a couple of years to get to mature height with some of those.

I guess it could look fine, depending on what type of lily you have. If it is a native or woodland lily, it's possible it would look right at h*ome in a wildflower garden. If it is an Oriental or Asiatic, to my eye, they might look like you are mixing formal and informal. Which can sometimes work out ok.

I happen to love wildflower g*ardens and meadows and prairies, but at the same time, I like them in their habitat. In areas where they fit in with their surroundings. In some cultivated gardens, a lot of effort and design would have to happen to make them look like they fit in.

Just one person's opinion. Personally, I value experimentation. I enjoy 'trying' out my ideas, even when they don't work out, I was able to 'see' how they looked and always learn something, even if I end up pulling it out.

just keep a nice clean edge and that bed will look really nice despite that it will look like it's an explosion of colours. I think -- to heck what your neighbor's think of your plans.

I'm a wildflower person too and my beds look great because I sow seeds in a mish mash way.

One other trick to calm a mish mash bed is to put in an evergreen topiary - like a columnar yew or a rounded boxwood.

Hmm... I didn't get any notification about replies... besides that I ordered this particular mix because it's ANNUAL. So that would mean that the only way it would come back after the winter is if the flowers are allowed to seed themselves. Am I missing something? When I did the search on each of the varieties included there was no mention anywhere that I noticed that they are perennials.

I am hoping that it won't look too messy but a sort of organized chaos.. if that makes any sense. I have a picture in my head of what I'm thinking it will look like but if I don't like it they're annuals afterall so I just won't sow the seeds again the following year. From what you guys typed though it sounds like they're not all annuals?

That bed has a clean edge simply due to the walkway being the outer edge. We'll see what it looks like though.. who knows it might look quite nice! :-)) I will take photos of the garden through the summer just for a record and I will also post them if no one minds.

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Cheryl.