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May 18, 2023 12:52 PM CST
Name: Cassidy
Tennessee (Zone 7b)
The upper corner of our yard was taken over by bermuda grass, and when it went dormant last season the late winter rains washed it out and left that area pretty bare and eroded. I sowed some clover seeds up there that have established pretty well, but there's still some bare spots.
Also, some sweet alyssum seeds must have been adulterated into what I sowed because there's cute little 1" tall ones coming up amongst the clover (and the bermuda grass that's woken back up Glare )

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This gave me the idea to sow more wildflowers into the clover patch, so far I want to try: common blue violets, more clover, crocus, speedwell, and more alyssum.

Problem is, I dont know where to bulk order common blue violet seeds anywhere, best I can find is packs of 15 seeds. If anyone knows where to get these as seeds or young plants please let me know! Or other ways to encourage them to spread into the area, since we already have a thick naturally-occuring patch of them up there with the clover.
I would also like to know other low wildflowers to plant if anyone has any ideas!

More info: No-mow is not an option, so must be low-growing to not get its blooms whacked off by mowers.
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