Specifications include, but are not limited to: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as “Department”) is seeking the services of a Contractor to install and establish Ornamental Landscape Plantings. The work shall consist of furnishing labor, traffic control, installing various ornamental plants such as: flowers, ornamental grasses, shrubs, trees and turfgrass sod. The Contractor will perform post and preemergence herbicide treatments, water, and apply mulch. The Contractor will complete a monthly Establishment Work (Monthly Maintenance) regiment which includes: plant bed repair, fertilization, mowing, line/blade trimming, pesticide and herbicide applications, manual weeding, insect/animal control, litter pick-up, removal of dead, damaged, unhealthy or weak looking plant material and plant replacement.