Appendix 9: Typical Planting and Seeding Mixes.

STANDARD TREES

Type:

Rootballed Heavy Standard to specification

Note:

30no total to be planted in area of standard trees @ 3.5m centres

To be planted with 75mm perforated plastic pipe around rootball with T junction and cap and secured using 2nr softwood stakes and cross spar.

Species:

Quercus robur

Acer platanoides

CELL GROWN TREES

Type:

Cell grown plants to Specification, protected by 900mm tree or shrub shelter.

(Where cell grown plants not available/ or inappropriate the following should be used:

Container grown to Specification in 2l pots

Climbing plants to Specification in 2l pots

Notes:

Average 2m centres (1 plant / 4m²)

Species:

As Woodland 1 but lower density.

Type:

Cell grown plants to Specification, protected by 900mm tree or shrub shelter.

(Where cell grown plants not available/ or inappropriate the following should be used:

Container grown to Specification in 2l pots

Climbing plants to Specification in 2l pots

Notes:

Average 1.5m centres (1 plant / 2.25m²)

Ensure mix is planted in such a way that the larger tree species(dominants) are planted no closer than 6m to the road and pioneers are planted no closer than 4m to the road.

Woodland 1

Pioneers

10%

Silver birch (Betula pendula)

10%

Gean (Prunus avium)

10%

Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

5%

Grey willow (Salix cinerea)

Dominants

10%

Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur)

10%

Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

5%

Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Associated species

10%

Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

10%

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

5%

Elder (Sambus nigra)

5%

Dog rose (Rosa canina)

5%

Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)

5%

Geulder rose (Viburnum opulus)

Type:

Cell grown plants to Specification, protected by 900mm tree or shrub shelter.

(Where cell grown plants not available/ or inappropriate the following should be used:

Container grown to Specification in 2l pots

Climbing plants to Specification in 2l pots

Notes:

Hedge base to be covered by 2m wide mulch mat and 75mm deep coarse bark mulch. Hedge to be planted through mat in double staggered rows with no fewer than 6 plants per linear metre in total.

Hedge Mix

40%

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

25%

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

15%

Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

10 %

Elder (Sambucus nigra)

5%

Field maple (Acer campreste)

2.5%

Dog rose (Rosa canina)

2.5%

Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)

VERGE GRASS

G1 Grass to verges and visibility Splays

Sowing rate:

20g/m²

Note:

To be sown onto 50 -150mm topsoil and fertiliser added.

20%

Lolium perenne

(STRI short growth rate 7.5 or better)

30%

Festuca rubra rubra

(STRI short growth rate 6 or better)

30%

Festuca rubra litoralis

(STRI short growth rate 6.5 or better)

10%

Festuca rubra commutate

(STRI short growth rate 6.5 or better)

2.5%

Agrostis stolonifera

(STRI short growth rate 6.5 or better)

7.5%

Puccinella maritime

EMBANKMENT GRASS

G2 Grass and Wildflowers for General Slopes and Embankments

Sowing rate:

5g/m²

Note:

To be sown onto 50 -150mm topsoil. No fertiliser to be applied.

Grasses

10%

Agrostis castellana

15%

Agrostis tenuis

15%

Cynosurus cristata

5%

Deschampsia flexuosa

10%

Festuca longifolia

15%

Festuca rubra commutate

10%

Poa pratensis

Wildflower content

2%

Achillea millefolium

1%

Centaurea nigra

1%

Filipendula ulmaria

1%

Geranium pratense

1%

Hypochoeris radicata

1%

Leucanthemum vulgare

2%

Lotus corniculatus

1%

Lychnis flos-cuculi

1%

Plantago lanceolata

1%

Prunella vulgaris

1%

Rhinanthus minor

2%

Silene dioica

1%

Trifoliun repens

2%

Vicia sativa