Author: David Squire

Brand: Creative Homeowner

Edition: First

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 80

Release Date: 01-11-2015

Details: Product Description The essential guide to pruning your garden plants! A to Z plant guide for shrubs, trees, and climbers, and how to prune each of them Over 200 photos and illustrations clearly show instructions, plants, and pruning methods Step-by-step instructions for pruning foliage hedges, shrubs, trees, and more Expert advice for pruning to improve growth, increase fruiting, and thrive in space-restricted or cold environments Renovating neglected plants and gardens, including ornamental trees, fruit trees, rose bushes, and more In order to be a successful gardener, you have to know how to prune your plants! This practical book provides advice on pruning garden plants from infancy to maturity, with all the information you need to understand pruning philosophy quickly and easily. Included is detailed advice from gardening expert David Squire on how to tackle neglected gardens and renovate untidy plants, from shrubs and climbers to fruit trees and bushes. There is also a fun element, with instructions for creating topiary in your garden! Whether your plants need pruned to improve growth, increase fruiting qualities, thrive in a small space, or stand up to cold environments, this Home Gardener's Specialist Guide has the how-to advice you need! 80 concise pages are packed with a wealth of practical details, including easy-to-use reference information on all aspects of pruning, preparing plants for planting, the equipment you will need, making the right cut, and A-to-Z guides to pruning shrubs, trees, and climbers, established evergreen hedges, flowering hedges, coniferous hedges, evergreen conifers, and deciduous conifers. You'll find advice for forming arches and tunnels, creating topiary, caring for all kinds of roses, including patio and miniature roses, rose hedges, standard roses, shrub roses, climbing roses, rambling roses, fruit trees including apple, pear, plum, peach, and nectarine, berries including raspberries, blackberries, hybrid berries, and loganberries, black currants, red and white currants, gooseberries, figs, and grape vines. All kinds of garden plants—shrubs, climbers, roses, hedges, and trees—need pruning to improve their shape and condition and encourage more flowers and fruits. Inside this book, gardening enthusiasts will find all the pruning information you need, accompanied by illustrated, step-by-step instructions, inspirational ideas, and DIY projects. Whether you are starting with a new garden, maintaining established plants, or trying to renovate a neglected garden, Home Gardener's Pruning will prove invaluable time and time again! From the Back Cover All kinds of garden plants — shrubs, climbers, roses, hedges and trees — need pruning to improve their shape and condition, and to encourage more flowers and fruits. Whether you are starting with a new garden, maintaining established plants, or trying to renovate a neglected garden, this book will prove invaluable time and again. Concise, easy-to-use reference guide Written by a gardening expert Understand pruning philosophy quickly and easily Packed with practical, step-by-step instructions Includes a useful A-Z of plants and how to prune them Advice on how to tackle neglected gardens Special sections on arches, tunnels and topiary About the Author David Squire has worked for many years as a gardening writer and editor. He has contributed to numerous gardening magazines and is the author (or co-author) of more than 80 gardening and plant-related books. His books include four titles in the Home Gardener's Specialist Guide series from Fox Chapel Publishing, plus The Scented Garden (Orion) which won the "Quill and Trowel Award" of the Garden Writers of America. David trained as a horticulturist at the Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and at the Royal Horticultural Society, where he was awarded the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. He was awarded an N.K. Gould Memorial Prize for his collection of herbarium specimens of native British p

Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English