Practical guide to pruning, training and topiary How to prune and train trees, shrubs, hedges, topiary, tree and soft fruit, climbers and roses
Book - 2018
A clear and expert how-to guide to pruning and training ornamental and fruiting plants, with 970 informative photographs and illustrations, and a directory of plants and how to prune them. A helpful introduction, covering basic principles and techniques, is followed by chapters arranged by plant type. Each one includes practical advice, illustrated with step-by-step photographic sequences and artworks, on the initial training of the plant type in question, how to prune, and how to undertake renovation pruning. An invaluable A-Z directory of ornamental plants looks at the pruning requirements of a wide range of species on a plant-by-plant basis, explaining when and how to prune. All techniques and projects are shown in close-up step-by-step ...photography and diagrams, making this an essential book on the subject for any gardener.
- Subjects
- Published
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[Wigston, Leicester, UK] :
Lorenz Books an imprint of Anness Publishing Ltd
[2018]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- [New edition]
- Item Description
- Published as: The illustrated practical encyclopedia of pruning, training & topiary, 2009.
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBN
- 9780754834564
- Introduction
- Ornamental trees
- Ornamental shrubs
- Topiary
- Hedges
- Ornamental climbers and wall shrubs
- Roses
- Perennials and annuals
- Directory of ornamental plants
- Fruit trees
- Climbing fruit
- Soft fruit.