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CO3.4 Rootballed

Height or spread grades : Dwarf/bushy types
	cm			cm			cm
	12-15			40-50	blue		90-100	blue
	15-20	blue		50-60	yellow		100-125	white
	20-25	yellow		60-70	red		125-150	blue
	25-30	red		70-80	white		150-175	red
	30-40	white		80-90	yellow		175-200	yellow
	above 200 in 50 cm. steps.
	e.g. Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis' Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' Picea glauca 'Alberta Globe' Pinus mugo pumilio The colours indicate the internationally accepted marking system for the height/spread grades

Height grades : Upright growing: medium									ROOTBALLED CONIFER (Taxus baccata, 100-125)
	cm			cm			cm
	30-40	white		80-90	yellow		175-200	yellow
	40-50	blue		90-100	blue		200-225	blue
	50-60	yellow		100-125	white		225-250	white
	60-70	red		125-150	blue		250-275	yellow
	70-80	white		150-175	red		275-300	red

e.g. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Ellwoodii’, Pinus mugo, Thuja occidentalis ‘Rheingold’, Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’

The colours indicate the internationally accepted marking system for the height/spread grades.

 

Height grades : Upright growing: vigorous									ROOTBALLED CONIFER (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Columnaris', 150-175 cm)
	cm			cm			cm
	40-60	blue		100-125	white		200-250	blue
	50-60	yellow		125-150	blue		250-300	yellow
	60-80	red		150-175	red		300-350	blue
	80-100	yellow		175-200	yellow		350-400	white

e.g. Cedrus libani, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, x Cupressocyparis leylandii, Thuja plicata + cvs.

The colours indicate the internationally accepted marking system for the height/spread grades.

Specimen conifers: The OVERALL HEIGHT and SPREAD is specified.

For species/cvs. With a vigorous growing top leading shoot, half of the annual top shoot is the upper limit for the measure of the height e.g. Pseudotsuga spp, Picea omorika.

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