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Landscape Planting Guidelines QCS 2014

The document discusses the requirements for landscape planting, including that all plants must conform to the specified varieties and be true to their botanical names. Plants must be nursery grown, healthy, pest-free, and have a well-developed root system. Trees should have a single trunk and leader. Palms must have straight sides, healthy stems, and a vigorous root system.

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Landscape Planting Guidelines QCS 2014

The document discusses the requirements for landscape planting, including that all plants must conform to the specified varieties and be true to their botanical names. Plants must be nursery grown, healthy, pest-free, and have a well-developed root system. Trees should have a single trunk and leader. Palms must have straight sides, healthy stems, and a vigorous root system.

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QCS 2014 Section 28: Landscaping Page 9

Part 01: Landscape Planting


1.3 PRODUCTS

1.3.1 General

1 All plants and turf material will conform to the varieties specified or shown in the Project
Documentation and be true to the botanical name as listed in publications.

2 Substitutions shall only be made when a plant (or alternative as specified) is not obtainable
and the Engineer authorises a change order providing for use of the nearest equivalent
obtainable.

3 Plants shall be supplied from localities similar to the climatic conditions of the Project and be
grown in those conditions for 9 months, a minimum of one complete growing season.

1.3.2 Plants

1 Only nursery grown plants shall be provided except for palm species.

2 Plants to be used in the Works shall be well branched and formed planting stock. They shall
be sound, vigorous and free from disease, sunscald, windburn, abrasions, harmful insects or
eggs, and have a normal healthy, well developed and non-broken root system, evenly
distributed through the root ball, free of circulation. Plant structure shall be well balanced,
self supporting with unrestricted superstructure and root form.

3 Deciduous and evergreen trees shall be a single trunk with a single leader, unless otherwise
indicated, and display no weak crotches.

4 Symmetrically developed trees and shrubs shall be provided with uniform habit and shall be
free from objectionable disfigurement.

5 Groundcover and vines shall be provided with the number and length of runners for the size
specified.

6 Trees shall be earth balled and burlapped covered or pot grown.

7 Shrubs, vines and ground cover plants shall be provided well established in removable
containers or formed homogenous soil sections.

8 Palms shall have straight parallel sides and healthy stems that are not rotted, infected or
eaten by pests or with root systems extending above the level which the palm was originally
planted. Palms should have vigorous root system, a crown of new leaves, leaves the colour
of an adult palm and proper hardiness. Palms shall be balled and burlapped unless container
grown palms are available. Off shoots are not acceptable.

9 The digging and lifting of palms shall take place in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) Remove all suckers, all flowering and fruiting parts and approximately 30 % of the
fronds
(b) Trim remaining fronds to 65 % of original length, lift fronds to enclose and protect the
growing tip. Wrap in burlap cloth and securely tie in place
(c) Saturate the entire root ball with water prior to excavation

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