The Pruning Answer Book
Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask
Published on 9. February 2011
384 pages
978-1-60342-749-4 (ISBN)
Description
When should you prune a blackberry bush? How much should you remove? What's the difference between pinching and heading back? And how can you be sure that you aren't harming your fragile blossoms? The Pruning Answer Book offers fresh insights to these relevant questions and scores of others. With clear instructions, detailed illustrations, and expert advice, you'll have all the information you need to successfully prune flowering plants, fruit and nut trees, shrubs, brambles, evergreens, vines, groundcovers, and more.
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Lewis Hill | Penelope O'Sullivan
The Pruning Answer Book
Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask
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03/2011
Storey Publishing LLC
€16.50
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Persons
The late Lewis Hill, a beloved and best-selling Storey author, grew more than 20,000 trees on his farm in Greensboro, Vermont. He was also a member of the National Christmas Tree Association and the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association.
Penelope O'Sullivan is the author of numerous gardening books and contributor to many magazines, including Country Gardens, Country Home, Traditional Home, and several Better Homes and Gardens special interest publications. She has a garden design business in New Hampshire.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Improving on Nature
- Chapter 1: Why Prune?
- Promoting Health and Vigor
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Enhancing Natural Form
- Improving Flowering and Fruiting
- Controlling Size
- Guiding Growth
- Mending Damage
- Eliminating Hazards
- Chapter 2: When to Prune
- Chapter 3: Tools and Equipment
- Pruners and Loppers
- Saws
- Hedge Shears, Clippers, and Knives
- Chapter 4: Pruning Practices Right and Wrong
- Where to Cut and Why
- Pinching
- Unkind Cuts
- Shearing
- Heading Back (Lateral Pruning)
- Thinning
- Limbing Up
- Root Pruning
- Chapter 5: Pruning Deciduous Shade Trees
- Planting Trees
- Training Shade Trees
- Maintaining Shade Trees
- Pruning Older Shade Trees
- Chapter 6: Pruning Flowering Trees and Ornamental Shrubs
- Flowering Trees
- Deciduous Ornamental Shrubs
- Roses
- Chapter 7: Pruning Evergreens
- Narrow-Leaf Evergreens
- Broadleaf Evergreens
- Woody Herbs
- Chapter 8: Pruning Hedges
- Shaping Hedges
- Types of Hedges
- Chapter 9: Artistic Pruning
- Topiary
- Espalier
- Cordon
- Coppicing and Pollarding
- Chapter 10: Pruning Woody Vines and Ground Covers
- Woody Vines
- Clematis
- Woody Ground Covers
- Chapter 11: Pruning Fruit Trees
- Timing
- Pruning Styles
- Thinning Fruit
- Solving Problems
- Tips for Specific Fruits
- Chapter 12: Pruning Bush Fruits, Brambles, and Grapes
- Grapes
- Blueberries and Other Bush Fruits
- Raspberries and Other Brambles
- Chapter 13: Pruning Nut Trees
- Almonds
- Chestnuts
- Filberts
- Pecans and Hickories
- Walnuts and Butternuts
- Plant-by-Plant Pruning Guide for Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Vines
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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