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However important it may be to start off with the right habitat, for the development and preservation of the desired vegetation appropriate maintenance and management methods are just as essential. The crucial point in the maintenance of flower meadows is mowing and carrying off the hay that is produced. This is absolutely vital not only […]

After the preparation of the desired habitat (a subject dealt with elsewhere in this book) and planting and/or sowing, a period of waiting patiently and monitoring the coming developments starts. Slowly and gradually, the vegetation develops; as a rule, the more gradual it is, the better the results, typically due to the reduced influence of […]

Although one would expect species to develop and maintain themselves through self- seeding—when after a few years a sufficient seed reserve has been built up in the soil— practice shows us that one will need to sow additional seeds every year. On moist soils, some of the species in the composition one has sown turn […]

Most agricultural weeds germinate and thrive on bare or open soils. They are the species of disturbance habitats and real pioneers. As a result they can not survive in vegetations composed of perennials. As a rule they require relatively rich, (moderately) dry and warm soils. If one can provide these conditions, many species are available […]

Shortly after the planting of the desired species, maintenance commences. As the sown and planted species start growing, so do the unwanted species, in quite a range: Poa annua, Cardamine hirsuta, Cerastium fontanum spp. vulgare, Cardamine pratensis, Epilobium species and Ranunculus repens are but a few examples. As soon as they can be recognised, they […]

For this type of vegetation, daily care also consists mainly of removing unwanted species or intervening by allowing them to go to seed or not, or to proliferate, by planting and replanting and, last but not least, monitoring its development. Open grounds with refined species such as thyme, pinks, stonecrops, sundew, bog asphodel or Viola […]

Depending on the vegetation type or combinations of species, the high-impact herbaceous plantings in naturalistic parks may require more or less maintenance than woodland herbaceous communities. Changes in the soil, in mutual competition and in climate all exert their own particular influence over the years. Many species thrive during short peaks 10.3 (a) Royal Fern […]

The degree of maintenance intensity may vary from one place to the next. The main activities will consist of curtailing, pushing back or removing altogether the species that are too intrusive, thus helping to encourage the desired species. One can achieve this in a number of ways, on the understanding that maintenance as a whole […]

The insertion of herbaceous species can be performed by either sowing or planting them. One usually sows clean seeds, but for some species freshly picked berries or seed heads with ripening seeds can be used as well. Both in sowing and in planting one should pay attention to the following points. – Sow or plant […]

Woodland plantings with a rougher character and more extensive maintenance require a completely different management approach. How does one achieve an undergrowth that is rich in herbs in such plantings? The answer to this question is threefold: through spontaneous development, by deliberately inserting plants, or by using a combination of the two. When one lets […]