ABSTRACT
A lawn has a low aspect, and although tapestry lawns cannot be expected to maintain a levelled playing field look, they do require mowing in response to increasing height. The frequency of mowing will be down to the plants that have been incorporated into the lawn and the environmental conditions, particularly altitude, soil fertility and the availability of water, but mowing can be expected to be undertaken around three to five times a year. The taller-growing plants will lift the height of the lawn, genotypic plasticity will see some species change their growth habit as they compete for light and space and many of the prostrate plants will die out. Watering requirements are largely dependent on the local weather, soil conditions and the plants included in the lawn. If there is no ongoing maintenance of a tapestry lawn, there will soon be no tapestry lawn to speak of.
