Table 2.

Analysis of variance effects significance for 3 year survival, height, total cross-sectional trunk area, and trunk diameter five taxa grown for 3 years in a field site in College Station, Texas, after transplant from 9.3 L (#3) black plastic containers.

Analysis of variance effectsSurvivalHeightCross-sectional areaTrunk diameter
TaxazNSx******
Planting depthy********
Taxa × planting depthNSNSNSNS
  • zFive taxa included Lagerstroemia indica x Lagerstroemia fauriei ‘Basham’s Party Pink’, Fraxinus pensylvanica, Nerium oleander ‘Cranberry Cooler’, Platanus occidentalis, and Vitex agnus-castus ‘LeCompte’.

  • yRoot collar placed at grade or 7.6 cm (3 in) above or below grade.

  • x*, **, ***, ns indicates statistical significance of the effect at P ≤ 0.05, P ≤ 0.01, P ≤ 0.001, or not significant, respectively.