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How do container grown plants compare with field grown plants re suitability for planting.

Container grown specimen trees are pruned and shaped with well developed trunks of good caliper.

With well established root balls, transplanting shock is minimised, and can be undertaken with high success over a broader window of seasonal planting. Container growing permits the offering of larger evergreen trees which would not be possible from the field.

Field grown trees are more affordable, but require more precise timing with planting —that being June, July and early August. Later planting is dependent on regional location. Inland hill country areas will be cooler and moister for a longer period than warmer coastal zones.

Field grown trees are generally limited to deciduous species, particularly with the larger grades. (Slower growing conifers are an exception to this rule and can be supplied bare-rooted, but preferably with some soil retained by a temporary wrapping).

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