Use the specifications below as a guide for handling, trench and hole preparation, spacing and minimum container sizes.
In-ground planting: Check drainage before digging trenches or holes. The trench and hole depths below are a guide for well-drained soil. Planting depth may need adjusting to suit your soil and drainage conditions. See How to check and improve drainage and follow the relevant installation guide.
Enclosed containers: Containers must have adequate drainage holes so excess water can escape freely. Use a quality container mix under and around the rootball.
Open-bottom planters: The soil below the planter must also drain freely. See the Container and planter box guide for preparation and installation.
Living Walls are fully formed instant hedges supplied in one-metre lengths. Install one hedge length per linear metre so the foliage meets to form a continuous hedge.
・Foliage length: approximately 1000 mm
・Rootball length: approximately 900 mm
・Rootball spacing: allow around 100 mm between rootballs
The foliage should meet. The rootballs should not.
If your hedge line is not a whole number of metres, see How to Measure for Your Hedge to work out how many one-metre hedge lengths to order.
・Weight: approx. 100 kg per metre; requires 2–4 people to carry
・Foliage dimensions: approx. 1000 mm long × 500 mm wide at the base
・Recommended trench: 500 mm wide × 300 mm deep × total hedge length
・Minimum enclosed container size (internal): 900 mm long × 500 mm wide × 500 mm high
・Weight: approx. 65 kg per metre; requires 2 people to carry
・Foliage dimensions: approx. 1000 mm long × 400 mm wide at the base
・Recommended trench: 400 mm wide × 250 mm deep × total hedge length
・Minimum enclosed container size (internal): 900 mm long × 400 mm wide × 400 mm high
・Weight: approx. 25 kg per metre; requires 1–2 people to carry
・Foliage dimensions: approx. 1000 mm long × 250 mm wide
・Recommended trench: 250 mm wide × 150 mm deep × total hedge length
・Minimum enclosed container size (internal): 900 mm long × 300 mm wide × 300 mm high
Pleached Screen trees are supplied individually. Install the trees at one-metre centres so the foliage meets to form a continuous elevated screen.
・Weight: approx. 45 kg per tree; requires 1–2 people to carry
・Foliage dimensions: approx. 1000 mm long, trained on a 900 mm × 900 mm bamboo frame
・Clear stem: approx. 1300 mm
・Installation: individual holes or a continuous trench
・Recommended individual hole: 500–600 mm diameter × 400 mm deep
・Recommended trench: 400 mm wide × 400 mm deep × total screen length
・Minimum rectangular container (internal): 900 mm long × 400 mm wide × 450 mm high
・Minimum cylindrical container (internal): 600 mm diameter × 450 mm high
・Minimum square container (internal): 600 mm long × 600 mm wide × 450 mm high
