Tapestry lawns: freed from grass and full of flowers

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author
About the Book
Chapter 1: ‘Lawn’ a Word That Is Strangling Itself
	Other Lawns
	A Note on Alpines
	The Value of Lawns
Chapter 2: Tapestry Lawns: Form and Functioning
	Out with the Grasses
		Summary
	Plant Types
		Summary
	Disturbance
		Summary
	Mowing
		Summary
	Competition
	Facilitation
		Summary
	Diversity
	Height Convergence
		Summary
	Proportion of Plants to Use
		Summary
	Plant Size
	Plant Tiles
	Competition between Plant Tiles
	Lawns from a Seed Mix
	Why Not a T-Lawn from a Seed Mix?
	Oversowing with Seed
Chapter 3: Species Roles in Tapestry Lawns
	Leaf Colour
	Scent
	Foot Traffic
	Summary
Chapter 4: Wildlife
	Invertebrates in the Lawn
	Bees, Hoverflies and Butterflies
Chapter 5: How to Make One
	Soil Fertility and Supplements
	Gardeners Will Play
	An Alternative Method?
	Summary
Chapter 6: Maintenance
	Removal of Grasses
		Removal by Hand
		Herbicide
	Mowing
	Maintaining Suitable Species Proportionality
	Watering
	Lawn Gardening
Chapter 7: Outcomes
	Invasion!
	Consequences
	Beyond the Lawn
	Nativars
	Non-Natives
Chapter 8: Tapestry Lawn Plants
	Acaena inermis
	Achillea millefolium
	Ajuga reptans
	Argentina anserina
	Bellis perennis
	Campanula rotundifolia
	Chamaemelum nobile
	Dianthus deltoides
	Glechoma hederacea
	Leptinella dioica
	Lobelia angulata
	Lobelia pedunculata
	Lotus corniculatus
	Lysimachia nummularia
	Mazus reptans
	Mentha pulegium
	Parochetus communis
	Pilosella aurantiaca
	Pilosella officinarum
	Potentilla reptans
	Primula vulgaris
	Prunella vulgaris
	Ranunculus repens
	Stellaria graminea
	Thymus praecox
	Trifolium pratense
	Trifolium repens
	Veronica chamaedrys
	Veronica officinalis
	Viola banksii
	Viola odorata
Chapter 9: Other Useful Plant Species
	Acaena caesiglauca
	Acaena microphylla
	Ajuga genevensis × reptans
	Micromeria douglasii
	Fragaria vesca
	Galium verum
	Geranium pyrenaicum
	Geranium thunbergii
	Herniaria glabra
	Hosackia gracilis
	Houstonia caerulea
	Lobelia chinensis
	Lobelia oligophylla
	Nierembergia repens
	Phyla nodiflora
	Primula elatior
	Primula × pruhoniciana
	Primula veris
	Prunella laciniata
	Prunella grandiflora
	Sagina subulata var. glabrata
	Soleirolia soleirolii
	Taraxacum pseudoroseum
	Trifolium fragiferum
	Trifolium wormskioldii
	Veronica repens
	Viola riviniana
	Viola sororia
	Viola tricolor
	Geophytes
	Colchicum autumnale
	Crocus tommasinianus
	Cyclamen coum
	Eranthis hyemalis
	Ficaria verna
	Galanthus nivalis
	Narcissus
	Oxalis perdicaria
	Oxalis purpurea
	Scilla sibirica
RHS UK Hardiness Ratings
References
Index