808.1 808.2(a)
808.1DESCRIPTION —This work is the furnishing, planting, and transplanting of trees, shrubs, vines, live
stakes and other woody or herbaceous plants, and includes shrub- bed preparation.
808.2MATERIAL —According to the current edition of “American Standard for Nursery Stock” (ASNS),
ANSI, Z60.1 of the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA), and as follows:
• True to type and name, according to the current edition of Standardized Plant Names of the American Joint Committee on Horticulture Nomenclature;
• Each bundle or each plant, if not bundled, labeled with not less than the plant's common name and size;
• Typical of the species or variety indicated;
• Free from disease and injurious insects, according to State and Federal laws;
• Free from mechanical injuries, cutback leaders, broken branches, decay, or other defects;
• Unless otherwise designated, nursery -grown plants, acclimated to Pennsylvania soil and climatic conditions; and
• Dormant, other than those specified as container grown.
use of mechanical digging equipment at the nursery will be allowed only when its use is not detrimental to nursery stock survival. Pennsylvania is located within U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Plant Hardiness Zones 5 and 6 with winter temperatures ranging from -20F to -10F for Zone 5 and -10F to 0F for Zone 6. Provide plants that have been grown for a period of at least 1 year in a nursery located within the same USDA Plant Hardiness Zone or colder Zone that exists at the location of the planting project. Submit for approval a complete and detailed source of supply for each plant item indicated in the contract at least 90 days before the antici pated start of the planting operations . The Department reserves the right to reject plants from nurseries that do not qualify for the USDA Hardiness Zone growing requirement.
been re- established in a nursery row or grown under regular nursery cultural practices for at least two full - growing seasons. Designate collected plants as such.
• Firmly balled with the original and undisturbed soil in which the plant was growing.
• Wrapped with untreated, biodegradable burlap or similar acceptable material, then tightly laced with biodegradable lacing to hold the ball firm and intact.
• Plants delivered to the planting site with balls broken, loose, or manufactured will be rejected.
• Acceptable nursery trade root protection devices will be allowed ins tead of burlap wrap, as approved.