Ortho's All about Pruning

Ortho's All about Pruning
Author: Judy Lowe
Publisher: Meredith Books
Total Pages: 98
Release: 1998-12
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780897214292

Primer on trimming trees, shrubs, and vines. Teaches when and how to prune. Comprehensive encyclopedia provides pruning instructions for 180 trees, shrubs, and vines.

Pruning Made Easy

Pruning Made Easy
Author: Lewis Hill
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 225
Release: 1998-01-02
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1580170064

Proper pruning will keep your landscape beautiful and thriving year after year. This authoritative guide includes more than 300 step-by-step illustrations to clearly demonstrate the correct pruning procedures for a variety of trees, shrubs, hedges, vines, and flowers. Lewis Hill offers expert advice on when, how, and why each type of plant should be pruned, safety considerations, and techniques for maintaining your pruning tools. Encouraging you to get creative, Hill even shows you how to shape your own topiaries and train espaliers.

The Pruner's Bible

The Pruner's Bible
Author: Steve Bradley
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-03
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780276444142

A plant-by-plant guide to pruning that features 100 of the most popular trees and shrubs. It tells you things you need to know about pruning: why you need to prune, when to do it and what tools are required. It presents step-by-step illustrations and instructions that demonstrate the correct pruning technique for each plant.

The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers

The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers
Author: George E. Brown
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2009-09-16
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 160469002X

How, when, and where to prune? The questions that beset every gardener never change, but the solutions do. The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers recommends the best pruning techniques and practices. This unique encyclopedic treatment details the best pruning methods for more than 450 genera of trees, shrubs, conifers, and woody climbers. The A-Z format covers several thousand species, yet remains a manageable and practical reference. Kirkham clearly explains the reasons behind pruning techniques as well as how to apply them.

Pruning Trees, Shrubs & Vines

Pruning Trees, Shrubs & Vines
Author: Karan Davis Cutler
Publisher: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2003
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781889538594

An illustrated introduction to essential pruning techniques.

Pruning Simplified

Pruning Simplified
Author: Steven Bradley
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2019-02-05
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604698888

Paying a professional to prune your trees and shrubs is an unnecessary expense. You can tackle most trees and shrubs on your own, and Pruning Simplified by Steven Bradley makes it easier than ever to learn how to prune. He offers expert advice on the best tools for the job, specific details on when to prune, and clear instructions on how to prune. This plant-by-plant guide profiles 50 of the most popular trees and shrubs, including azaleas, camellias, clematis, and more. Each plant profile includes illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions that will ensure you make the right cut the first time.

How to Prune Almost Everything

How to Prune Almost Everything
Author: John Philip Baumgardt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1968
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

Niwaki

Niwaki
Author: Jake Hobson
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2007
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0881928356

Over the years, Japanese gardeners have fine-tuned a distinctive set of pruning techniques that coax out the essential characters of their garden trees, or niwaki. In this highly practical book, Western gardeners are encouraged to draw upon the techniques and sculpt their own garden trees to unique effect. After first discussing the principles that underpin the techniques, the author offers in-depth guidelines for shaping pines, azaleas, conifers, broadleaved evergreens, bamboos and deciduous trees. Throughout the text, step-by-step illustrations accompany the instructions, while abundant photographs and anecdotes bring the ideas surrounding niwaki vividly to life.

Essential Pruning Techniques

Essential Pruning Techniques
Author: George E. Brown
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2017-03-22
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 160469288X

“Walks any would-be arborist through a veritable dictionary of trees, from abelias to zenobias.” —The New York Times Book Review Pruning is an indispensable part of garden maintenance, but it is also one of the most difficult. Successful pruning requires a thorough knowledge of a plant’s growth and flowering habits. In Essential Pruning Techniques Tony Kirkham—the head of the arboretum and gardens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew—shares his decades of knowledge and expertise and expands on the groundbreaking work done by George E. Brown. Step-by-step photographs clearly show the general principles of pruning, and profiles of 379 woody plants include advice on habit, attributes, reasons for pruning, and the best time to prune. Essential Pruning Techniques is a must-have reference for home gardeners and professionals.

Tree Pruning

Tree Pruning
Author: Edward F. Gilman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2002
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

"...To aid in the interpretation and implementation of ANSI A300 standards. These publications are intended as guides for practicing arborists, tree workers, their supervisors, and the people who employ their services."--p. 1.