Hello, I would love of yours-;; the honeysuckle passiflora inncense cuttings I first smelled honey suckle at my brothers in cali. and my passiflora did not come up, don't know why, this is only my second year gardening, I have;;;; gaillardia-pulchella purple cone flower little joe pye weed clarkia elegance malva zebrina helenium moerheim beauty yellow moon bean coreopsis allium christophii caryopteris bush- blue beard maltese cross-red redbeckia- green eyes email me if you would like to trade, I love vines we have a bare deck,ha. pumkingal-Lisa

If you have a meadow going in your hot Z9, you are very lucky. (Most FL gardens are alien tropicals.) I would not remove it. BTW, do you burn it sometimes? That is one of the reasons I haven't tried a meadow, but the other is the heat where I live. I have always thought they were so pretty. It is all personal taste, really.

I don't think spot treating is going to give one an attractive wildflower meadow. Its going to look clumpy - IMPO. And most bulbs are not native, not sure if that is important to your planting or not. Round up is not as safe as claimed above. IT can hurt animals, particularly fish and amphibians, when not used correctly. I do think roundup is safer than most other herbicide alternatives, but it needs to be used wisely and in accordance with directions. If you are starting with lawn, I would either smother it with newspapers and mulch and plant the area in plugs. Or I would kill the area with round up, wait a few weeks, mow the dead turf off and then overseed the area with a quality wildflower mixture, right into the dead turf. You can get quality seed mixtures from places like Prairie Nursery, Prairie Moon Nursery and Ion Exchange. Those are US sources, you may be able to find a Canadian equivalent. The Prairie Nursery website contains some good instructions on how to prepare a site. I would suggest you read that also.

Ok! I have a newbie question too! Ok it snows less than an inch. For most people in my little neighborhood the store is in walking distance. That store was jam packed with people getting ready for the "shut in" from the "snow storm" WAY ahead of time. The streets were totally empty that day. BTW, the snow melted the next day. They have an actual storm with possible tornadoes,a torrential down pour and lots of flooded out areas. The makings of a real natural disaster... Nobody even gives it a second thought unless their house actually floods. People were driving around like normal and saying stuff like,"Lots of rain were having..." I'm SO confused!!!PJ