The delivery to be carried out concerns: delivery on demand of planting material.

This contract comprises 4 lots:

• plot 1: delivery of forest goods

• plot 2: supply of shrubs

• plot 3: supply of trees

• plot 4: supply of perennials

Delivery of forestry

Minimum quality requirements:

- the plants must comply with the natural habitus,

- the forest material must be of good quality, true to species, well grown, transplanted on time, grubbed up, matured, undamaged, disease-free, without fungi or other harmful organisms,

- the sorting of the planting material within a batch of forest material must be such that there is a regular spread within the specified sizes. The smaller plants from the lot, the so-called "underlay" must in any case have been removed;

- the root system of the plants is quite branched and well developed, there are enough hair roots of less than 1 mm;

- the plant is well formed, tree-forming species have a continuous spindle without strong curvatures;

- there must be an acceptable ratio between the length of the plants and the diameter at the root neck,

- the ratio included in the Dutch standard NEN 7412 is used as a benchmark;

- no perennial root weeds must be present in the root ball.

Supplying shrubs

Minimum quality requirements:

- age: at least 2 years old;

- at least 3 strong branches at the root neck;

- regularly branched from the base;

- for shrubs with permanent leaves: at the time of delivery, the plants must be fully coated with leaves. The leaves have a normal leaf color;

- shrubs with bare root have a well-developed root system;

- shrubs in container: the plants have formed new roots in the container. They are sufficiently present and regularly distributed;

- the contents of the container must be adapted to the size of the plant,

- there must be no rotating roots,

- plants with root ball: the root ball is tightly packed in ju credit;

- root ball created after grubbing-up shall under no circumstances be accepted;

- root balls do not show spade in the root system;

- no perennial root weeds must be present in the container or root ball,

- roots must not be affected by the root nodule bacterium;

- the root system must be free from mechanical damage,

- the root ball in the container must not show shrinkage edges,

- no forest goods.

- regularly branched from the base

Specifically for roses:

- in the case of species covered by the "licence rights", all plants bear a "licence label";

- A-quality: minimum 3 or more strong branches from oculation;

- in principle, the A-quality is always delivered unless otherwise specified in the detail list;

- roses supplied with bare root have a well-developed root system of at least 20 cm measured from oculation;

- no forest material for botanical species

Supply of trees, fruit trees, special crown shapes

Minimum quality requirements:

see specifications IV Technical provisions

Supply of perennials

Minimum quality requirements:

- all perennials must be supplied in pots or containers,

- the plants have formed new roots in the pot or container and are regularly distributed;

- there should be no root development outside the pot;

- buttons or noses are not damaged;

- if a height measure is specified (e.g. bamboo), 2/3 of the stems must be the specified size;

- mosses, liverworts or perennial root weeds must not be present in the pot or container;

- the root ball in the container must not show any shrinkage edges.