Flowers for untidy area

[noviceveggrower]

Hi,
Have a area at my allotment that is full of bricks, broken slabs and just basic cr*p that members of the public that have just dumped as they have gone past.
Did realise it was so bad until I cleared up some old fencing and have prodded about with a spade. So my task this year is to clear it out and put a load of flowers in.
I am wanting to put seeds or plants down and just leave it as a nature corner. We have a lot of frogs and toads so want some thing which they would be ok with. The area is in partial shade of a tree and gets very wet in winter.
So advice would be helpful

[ancee]

Nip to your local pound shop/world/outlet and get a box of mixed wild flower seeds -they're only £1 surprisingly! There are all sorts in them, from wild poppies to borage, that'll cover the whole mess and they should all self seed for next year.

[Ikeeptrying]

Perennial geraniums are good too, day to grow, virtually bombproof and they just keep coming back bigger and better than before.

[Two_Sheds]

have prodded about with a spade. So my task this year is to clear it out and put a load of flowers in.

That's exactly what I've tried to do in the weedy parts of our lotty, but someone thinks I'm "land grabbing" and keeps weedkillering everything pretty that I plant.

But I don't give up that easily

Sowing seeds direct isn't usually very successful: any weeds already in the ground will out-compete the flowers, plus slugs & snails will graze off the seedlings as they emerge.

What I do now is grow the plants at home, then transplant them to the new ground. I have loads of self-seeders on lotty & at home, so I just dig up a clump as they appear, and move them.

[nick the grief]

If its sunny and well drained, some of the dwarf iris make a nice show, harmony and Katherine hodgkin are nice. And most wildflowers ( from seed not the wild) will be happy on there.


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[Tripmeup]

I know it's the wrong time, but some daffs, tulips and snowdrops would give a nice early display too, if u can fit them in

[noviceveggrower]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Think I will remove all the rubbish dig it over and put some bulbs in for next year and some summer bulbs. Then put some seeds and plants in and just let the area look after its self and let it become a little nature area.