S4.4 Rootball shrubs
root system - root protection - bare root shrubs (bagged) - rootball shrubs - container grown shrubs - cell grown shrubs
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The following types of shrubs are typically supplied with a rootball,
if they are not container grown: Rootballs must be firm and solid and the roots must penetrate the whole ball. They must be enclosed in hessian (burlap). The size of the rootball must be appropriate for the species/cultivar and its age and growth rates under the cultural and soil conditions within which it is growing. The root ball must be free of perennial weeds. For Specimen conifers the rootball will be additionally protected with ungalvanised wire netting, wire basket, spring ring, root control bag, tree cradle or custom built container. All materials used to support rootballs must decompose within eighteen months of planting and not constrict the continuing growth of the plant. |
ROOTBALLED SHRUB (Buxus sempervirens) |
