BS 7370-4:1993
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Hardcopy , PDF
English
02-15-1993
Committees responsible
Foreword
Guide
Section 1. General
Introduction
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Background information
Section 2. Categories of soft landscape
2.1 General
2.2 Trees
2.3 Scrub
2.4 Dune vegetation
2.5 Parks and garden styles of planting other than
trees
2.6 Roses
2.7 Herbaceous plants and ornamental grasses
2.8 Rock gardens and borders
2.9 Bulbs
2.10 Seasonal beddings
2.11 Plants in containers
Section 3. Operations
3.1 Site assessment
3.2 Inspections
3.3 Protected trees
3.4 Maintenance programmes
3.5 Operations general to all types of plantings
3.6 Pruning
3.7 Tree operations
3.8 Operations on heaths and moors
3.9 Protective systems
3.10 Dune maintenance
Section 4. Recommended maintenance programmes for each
category of soft landscape
4.1 General procedure
4.2 Trees
4.3 Hedges
4.4 Scrub
4.5 Seminatural shrub-dominated areas containing
gorse, heather and associated herbaceous plants
4.6 Dune system
4.7 Ornamental shrubs
4.8 Ground covering plants
4.9 Climbing plants
4.10 Roses
4.11 Herbaceous plants
4.12 Rock gardens and borders
4.13 Bulbs
4.14 Seasonal bedding
4.15 Plants in containers
Annexes
A. (informative) Bibliography
B. (normative) Operations recommended in different
seasons on various aspects of soft landscape
C. (normative) Safety precautions
Tables
1. Field identification and description of soils
2. Frequency of watering hanging baskets in southern
England
B.1 Operations recommended
Figures
1. Succession of species from open land to closed
woodland
2. Mature woodland structure
3. Cultivation tools
4. Manuring mature trees
5. Informal supports chosen to be just below the
height of the fully grown herbaceous plant
6. Tying-in low-slung branches
7. Shrub pruning
8. Layered and staked hedge
9. Rose pruning
10. Protection of forest nursery trees against gnawing
animals
11. Tree guard for high amenity areas
12. Sawn-oak tree enclosure to protect trees against
cattle
13. Fencing to exclude rabbits and other animals
14. Methods of using twin stakes
15. Tree sizes and supports
16. Props
17. Felling diagram
18. Tree felling
19. The effect of hinge shape on direction of fall
20. Handjack used for stump removal
21. Fencing for dunes
List of references
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