AboutRussel Ray Expertise I can answer questions about water-wise landscaping, xeriscaping, and using native vegetation, cactus, and succulents to create a home paradise that won't increase your water bill.
Experience My wise ol' grandmother got me started with cactus and succulents 42 years ago. The rest, as they say, is history.
Organizations National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, Better Business Bureau of San Diego
Education/Credentials After graduating from Texas A&M University, I started a plant-sitting business in Houston to take care of the house plants when people went on vacation. That went on for five years before I moved back to College Station and started several businesses, one of which was a landscaping business specializing in "dry" landscaping.
Awards and Honors The privilege of working with people.
Question I would like to plant wildflowers permanently in my garden of perennials. It is October and I am in So California. I cleaned up my garden bed, raked and want to add groundcover bark, HOWEVER, should I plant the wildflower seed BEFORE or AFTER laying down the groundcover bark (smallest bark)?
Answer Hey, Veronica.
I think you're going to have problems getting the wildflowers to do well if you're starting with seed in goundcover bark.
If you want to start with seeds, let the seeds get a good start, and once the plants are about four inches, you can surround them with mulch.
If you're wanting to let the wildflowers self-sow in future years from their own seed, go lightly on the grouncover mulch.
