Pruning Simplified

Zusatztext “When it comes time to prune your trees and shrubs! don’t make a cut without consulting Pruning Simplified by Steven Bradley! who offers instructions for formative! routine and! most useful in old gardens! remedial cutting for plants that have become leggy and unproductive.” —The New York Times Book Review “This comprehensive guide on a topic of interest to virtually all gardeners is highly recommended for public library collections.”  —Booklist! starred review “Bradley’s guide is one of the most practical and helpful how-to gardening books I have ever read.” —The Oregonian "Steven Bradley makes pruning simple by showing you exactly how to prune 50 different popular garden shrubs and trees." — Garden Gate “This comprehensive guide on a topic of interest to virtually all gardeners covers both general guidelines for pruning and individualized! plant-specific tips.” — Booklist “There is nothing better for learning how to prune than a good line drawing with hash marks where you’re supposed to make the cuts. That’s why we like Pruning Simplified by Steven Bradley/Timber Press.” — South Sound Magazine “Step-by-step advice that will help your plants thrive.” — Green Profit Informationen zum Autor Steven Bradley spent over 20 years teaching horticulture at colleges around England and is now a freelance garden writer and broadcaster. He studied horticulture at Writtle! Cannington! and Pershore Colleges! achieving the RHS Master of Horticulture diploma. For more information! visit him at sungardening.co.uk.   Klappentext Take pruning from daunting to doable! New gardeners and green thumbs alike can prune with confidence, using this detailed guide to the most popular plants in home gardens. Learn the best tools for each job, discover the ideal time to prune, and follow the step-by-step advice that will help your plants thrive. Profiles of 50 popular trees and shrubs——including azaleas, camellias, clematis, and more——show how to trim and shape each plant correctly. Packed with trusted advice, Pruning Simplified will ensure your first cut is the right cut, every time. Introduction At its simplest, pruning is a means of manipulating a plant’s growth, shape, and productivity by cutting and training it to achieve what you want to happen. To prune plants well is not so much about knowing how and where to cut but about knowing what you are trying to achieve. The main reasons for pruning are to train a plant to grow in a particular way, to balance its growth, to control the production of flowers and fruit, to maintain its health, and to restrict its growth. A final type of pruning, remedial or renovation pruning, may also be necessary from time to time. Careful pruning in the early years—often referred to as formative pruning—will allow you to create a plant that is well-proportioned, attractive, and that carries flowers or fruits where they are visible and easily reached for picking. A tree or shrub with well-spaced stems and branches with good angles will reduce the risk of breakage and stem splitting. Plants pruned correctly while they are young are easier to care for in later years. Time spent on training and pruning young plants should be regarded as an investment in their future and as a time-saving, long-term benefit for the gardener. A healthy plant should show signs of vigorous, active growth, especially when it is young and establishing itself. Most plants will start to flower earlier in their lives if they are allowed to grow naturally. Young woody plants will often produce only a few flowers until they are established. As plants mature and begin to flower and fruit on a regular basis, the production of shoots will slow...

List of contents

Table of Contents
 
Why prune?
Equipment
Basic techniques
 
Directory of Plants
 Abelia
Actinidia
Amelanchier
Aucuba japonica
Berberis (deciduous)
Berberis (evergreen)
Bougainvillea
Buddleja davidii
Callicarpa
Callistemon
Calluna
Camellia
Ceanothus (deciduous)
Ceanothus (evergreen)
Cercis
Chaenomeles
Choisya
Clematis (early-flowering)
Clematis (midseason-flowering)
Clematis (late-flowering)
Cornus alba and Cornus sericea
Cotinus
Cotoneaster (deciduous)
Cotoneaster (evergreen)
Ficus
Forsythia
Fremontodendron
Fuchsia
Hedera
Hibiscus
Hydrangea (shrub)
Hydrangea (climbing)
Ilex
Jasminum
Lagerstroemia
Lavandula
Lonicera (climbing)
Lonicera (shrub)
Magnolia
Mahonia
Malus
Osmanthus
Passiflora
Philadelphus
Potentilla fruticosa
Prunus (deciduous)
Prunus (evergreen)
Pyracantha
Rhododendron
Rosa (large-flowered)
Rosa (cluster-flowered)
Rosa (shrub and species)
Rosa (climbers)
Rosa (ramblers)
Rosmarinus
Salix
Sambucus
Spiraea ‘Arguta’
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
 

About the author

Steven Bradley spent over 20 years teaching horticulture at colleges around England and is now a freelance garden writer and broadcaster. He studied horticulture at Writtle, Cannington, and Pershore Colleges, achieving the RHS Master of Horticulture diploma. For more information, visit him at sungardening.co.uk.
 

Summary

With illustrated step-by-step instructions for shaping more than 50 of the most popular trees and shrubs, Pruning Simplified makes it easier than ever to learn how to prune.

Foreword

With illustrated step-by-step instructions for shaping more than 50 of the most popular trees and shrubs, Pruning Simplified makes it easier than ever to learn how to prune.

Product details

• Authors: Bradley, Steve Bradley, Steven Bradley
• Publisher: Timber Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781604698886
• ISBN: 978-1-60469-888-6
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; GARDENING / Trees, GARDENING / Shrubs, Gardening: trees and shrubs