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the landscape professional Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs ask ask Feel ee to send me questions you’d like to have me answer and I will do my best to address the ones of most general interest. Email or mail your questions to: [email protected] or Linda Lillie, Sprigs & Twigs Inc, PO Box 245, Gales Ferry, CT 06335 Welcome to my weekly series! Welcome to my weekly series! d605540 Linda’s Answer: Sarah - I don’t blame you for being confused; you’ve asked a very good question. Hopefully, I can shed some light on it. The containerized plant industry has been around for more than 75 years, and there has been much variability in pots of a given size from manufacturer to manufacturer which leads to the confusion. Each manufacturer does it differently. Not only has there been variability in size, the descriptions also vary, i.e., some are described in “gallons,” “quarts,” etc., some are described by inches in pot diameter and some are described by numbers, like #1, #2, etc. If that wasn’t confusing enough, the fact that “1 gallon” pots do not necessarily hold 1 gallon can have you pulling your hair out! Some help is on the way in the form of “The American Standard for Nursery Stock” (ANSI Z60.1), which was updated in 2014 by AmericanHort, the largest association for garden retailers in the world. This standard provides some consistency in terminology for both buyers and sellers of plant material by using what are called “trade sizes,” but even so there is a range in container volumes for a given trade size. I’ve summarized below a very approximate relationship between these various descriptions to give you a general idea. Common Reference Trade Size Approx. diameter of pot Actual Gal capacity “1 gallon” #1 7”-8” .7 to 1.1 gal “2 gallon” #2 8 ½’ 1.4 to 2.5 gal “3 gallon” #3 10” 2.7 to 3.2 gal “5 gallon” #5 12” 3.4 to 5.4 gal “15 gallon” #15 18” 12 to 16 gal You will most often see the “1 gallon” containers (#1 pots), when you buy perennials; 3, 5 and 10 gallon pots for shrubs and 15 gallon pots for trees. Thanks for a great question! EDUCATED, EXPERIENCED & EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE DO! Linda K. Lillie has been President of Sprigs & Twigs, Inc. for the last 19 years. She is a graduate of Connecticut College in Botany, an accredited NOFA Organic Land Care Professional, a Connecticut Master Gardener and a national award winning landscape designer for her design and installation projects.. 860-235-0752 860-235-0752 CT HIC #577341 Question of the Week: Whenever I go to the nursery or look at an online plant catalog, I’m confused about plant container sizes. For example, I see plants sold in “1 gallon” pots, but the pots certainly don’t look like they would hold “1 gallon.” I also see pots labeled with numbers like #1. Can you help straighten this out for me? - Sarah Sprigs & Twigs is now scheduling appointments for 2015 Garden Design, Landscape Maintenance, Tree Care Services, Custom Stonework and Custom Carpentry Services. Go to www.SprigsandTwigs.net for details. Call us anytime to discuss your landscape needs and to meet with our staff. Sprigs & Twigs is a highly regarded, professional, full service, national award winning company that services all aspects of outdoor living spaces. We are completely organic. Visit our website www.sprigsandtwigs.net or call us for more information. EXPERT TREE CARE PROFESSIONALS “Ask the Landscape Professional” articles are all on our website; if you missed any, go to www.SprigsandTwigs.net la n d s c a p in g c o m p a n y S E R V IC E S The Landscape Professionals
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the landscape professionalLinda K. Lillie of Sprigs & TwigsLinda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigsaskask
Feel free to send me questions you’d like to have me answerand I will do my best to address the ones of most general interest.
Email or mail your questions to: [email protected] orLinda Lillie, Sprigs & Twigs Inc, PO Box 245, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Welcome to my weekly series!Welcome to my weekly series!
d605540
Linda’s Answer: Sarah - I don’t blame you for beingconfused; you’ve asked a very good question. Hopefully, Ican shed some light on it. The containerized plant industryhas been around for more than 75 years, and there has beenmuch variability in pots of a given size from manufacturerto manufacturer which leads to the confusion. Eachmanufacturer does it differently. Not only has there beenvariability in size, the descriptions also vary, i.e., some aredescribed in “gallons,” “quarts,” etc., some are described by inches in pot diameter and some aredescribed by numbers, like #1, #2, etc. If that wasn’t confusing enough, the fact that “1 gallon”pots do not necessarily hold 1 gallon can have you pulling your hair out! Some help is on theway in the form of “The American Standard for Nursery Stock” (ANSI Z60.1), which was updatedin 2014 by AmericanHort, the largest association for garden retailers in the world. This standardprovides some consistency in terminology for both buyers and sellers of plant material by usingwhat are called “trade sizes,” but even so there is a range in container volumes for a given tradesize. I’ve summarized below a very approximate relationship between these various descriptionsto give you a general idea.
Common Reference Trade Size Approx. diameter of pot Actual Gal capacity“1 gallon” #1 7”-8” .7 to 1.1 gal“2 gallon” #2 8 ½’ 1.4 to 2.5 gal“3 gallon” #3 10” 2.7 to 3.2 gal“5 gallon” #5 12” 3.4 to 5.4 gal“15 gallon” #15 18” 12 to 16 gal
You will most often see the “1 gallon” containers (#1 pots), when you buy perennials; 3, 5 and 10gallon pots for shrubs and 15 gallon pots for trees.
Thanks for a great question!
EDUCATED, EXPERIENCED &EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE DO!
LindaK. Lillie has beenPresident of Sprigs&Twigs, Inc. for the last 19 years. She is agraduate ofConnecticutCollege inBotany, an accreditedNOFAOrganic LandCareProfessional, aConnecticutMasterGardener and a national awardwinning landscape
designer for her design and installationprojects..
860-235-0752860-235-0752 CT HIC #577341
Question of the Week: Whenever I go to the nursery or look at an online plant catalog, I’m confused aboutplant container sizes. For example, I see plants sold in “1 gallon” pots, but the pots certainly don’t look like they would hold
“1 gallon.” I also see pots labeled with numbers like #1. Can you help straighten this out for me? - Sarah
Sprigs & Twigs is now scheduling appointments for 2015 Garden Design, Landscape Maintenance, Tree Care Services,Custom Stonework and Custom Carpentry Services. Go to www.SprigsandTwigs.net for details. Call us anytime to
discuss your landscape needs and to meet with our staff.
Sprigs & Twigs is a highly regarded, professional, full service, national award winning company that services all aspects ofoutdoor living spaces. We are completely organic. Visit our website www.sprigsandtwigs.net or call us for more information.
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