Good article on
seed collecting.
Wild
flowers don't always adapt anyway - some do best in the 'scrub' on the side of the road.
My day lilies were given by one of our tenants here - they were a small cluster when I go them and are now a big bush. So they worked well. And somebody brought a big bag of periwinkle once and that worked out.
And those little wild violets? I have a lot of them - they work well, but most of them were
growing wild on our own lot, or one of the neighbours plucked them from their beds.
They make nice fill in spots.
But digging them up from the wild lands won't do - 'specially if they look like they're doing ok where they are - besides, it's more fun to collect the
seeds and grow from scratch.
I do know this - WF clippings don't do well; I've tried to propigate the periwinkle that way - doesn't work.
It's the same thing as trying to raise wild animals and make pets out of them; a raccoon will make a fine pet, until it's a year old - then it goes wild and wants to go off on its own.
Maybe that's what the wild
flowers want - picture them wandering over to the park in the middle of the night - ha ha!