Demystifying wild flower grasslands

摘要

Wild flower grasslands are becoming more and more popular as inclusions within public open spaces, especially for the visual enjoyment they bring to those using the site. However, for the planner's or landscaper's vision to successfully manifest into a creation of diverse colour and form, a couple of influencing factors need to be understood before the first seed is sown.Too often these factors are overlooked and, as a result, the wild flower grassland quickly becomes tall grasses with fewer and fewer wild flowers, and the planned area of spectacular colour becomes, well, a bit of an embarrassment really.