Adding variety to an old hedge

After many years of horse grazing this area of hedge next to the new woodland had very little variety of wild flowers. Late last summer I sprayed some areas at the bottom of the hedge with Roundup to get rid of patches of grass. Into these patches I scattered seeds of Red Campion and Jack-by-the-Hedge. The results are just becoming visible with good growth a Campion.

As the Jack-by-the-Hedge (Garlic Mustard) takes two years to flower I will have to wait a bit to see if they grow, but elsewhere they have easily grown from scattered seed.

A theme of what I am trying to do with this land is to encourage flower and tree diversity to provide as many different ecological niches as possible to offer habitats for a variety of wildlife. So putting back the flower rich hedge bottoms is an important part of the overall plan.