Pruner's Bible A Step-By-Step Guide to Pruning Every Plant in Your Garden

Name: Pruner's Bible A Step-By-Step Guide to Pruning Every Plant in Your Garden
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ISBN: 9781594860331

ISBN-10: 1594860335

ISBN-13: 9781594860331

Edition: 2005

Authors: Steve Bradley

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Learn how to prune more than 80 popular plants to get the best display of flowers, foliage, colorful stems, and fruits. Pruning is probably the area of gardening that causes the most anxiety to the average gardener. Many books add to that anxiety with illustrations that show completely different plants from those in the reader's own garden, or directions that use complex terms without explaining them. In contrast, this plant-by-plant guide demonstrates the correct pruning technique for 80 of the most widely planted trees and shrubs, with photographs and instructions that are so clear they will inspire confidence in even the novice gardener. Read The Pruner's Bible to discover: o Basic…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 4/2/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



How to use this book


Pruning Essentials


Directory of Plants


Abelia


Actinidia


Amelanchier


Aronia


Aucuba japonica


Berberis (deciduous)


Berberis (evergreen)


Bignonia capreolata


Bougainvillea


Buddleja davidii


Callicarpa


Callistemon


Calluna


Camellia


Campsis


Ceanothus (deciduous)


Ceanothus (evergreen)


Cercis


Chaenomeles


Choisya


Clematis (early-flowering)


Clematis (midseason-flowering)


Clematis (late-flowering)


Cornus alba and sericea


Cotinus


Cotoneaster (deciduous)


Cotoneaster (evergreen)


Cytisus


Euonymus


Ficus


Forsythia


Fremontodendron


Fuchsia


Hedera


Hibiscus


Hydrangea (shrub)


Hydrangea (climbing)


Ilex


Jasminum


Lagerstroemia


Lavandula


Lonicera (climbing)


Lonicera (shrub)


Magnolia


Mahonia


Malus


Osmanthus


Passiflora


Philadelphus


Photinia


Potentilla


Prunus (deciduous)


Prunus (evergreen)


Pyracantha


Rhododendron


Rosa (large-flowered)


Rosa (cluster-flowered)


Rosa (shrub and species)


Rosa (climbers)


Rosa (ramblers)


Rosmarinus


Salix


Sambucus


Spiraea


Syringa


Taxus


Vaccinium


Viburnum (deciduous)


Viburnum (evergreen)


Vitis


Weigela


Wisteria


Special Features


Trees


Standard trees


Conifers


Hedges


Climbers


Groundcover


Low-maintenance pruning


Renovation pruning


Specialized pruning


Tables


Glossary


Index


Acknowledgments