Sweet William is a cute nickname we call our baby but it is also a type of beautiful wild flower. We just love them. They are a biennial variety and bloom with clusters of white, pink, and purple blooms.
We were happy to offer sweet william seed packets to guests during William's memorial reception. If you could not attend and would like a packet, please comment below or email me and I'll send you one!
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| Mementos and basket of sweet william seeds on display for the memorial |
- Simply sprinkle the seeds in a sunny spot, wildflowers are tough and adapt to different types of soil.
- Sow shallow, compressing directly into bare soil, do not cover.
- Water and keep soil moist until sprouts are 6-8" tall. After that, wildflowers prefer minimal care.
- Mow down in the fall with a mulch setting to disperse seeds.
- Be patient, sometimes sweet william wait till the second year to bloom but they are worth it!
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| colorful row of sweet william |
We actually enjoyed these flowers even before William. They just popped up randomly in bunches in our yard every summer. We never knew what they were called until Kate suggested using them to decorate for the memorial service, since they shared the same name as babybear. They are extremely hardy, lasting long after being cut and put into a vase. You can also plant them in containers, see our mini garden featuring sweet william
here.
happy gardening :)
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