S3.5 Height grades - Container grown shrubs

SHRUBS - Overall Height/Spread S3

S3.5 Container grown shrubs - typical overall height grades

general - bare root shrubs - root balled shrubs - cell grown shrubs - container grown shrubs (height) - container grown shrubs (spread)

All forms of shrubs are supplied in containers. The following are the typical OVERALL HEIGHT grades used for the supply of container grown shrubs. The actual grade is determined by cultural conditions and the characteristics of the species/cv.

Overall Height in cm:

10-20
20-30
30-40
40-60
60-80
80-100

Typically the height is specified except for compact/low growing shrubs or ground covers where spread is specified.

For Specimen shrubs both height and spread may be specified.

CONTAINER GROWN SHRUB (Cytisus x praecox 'Warminster')