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RHS Handbook: Pruning & Training The Royal Horticultural Society

RHS Handbook: Pruning & Training By The Royal Horticultural Society

RHS Handbook: Pruning & Training by The Royal Horticultural Society


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Summary

RHS Pruning & Training is the new practical guide to the essential practice of pruning. It will show how to prune 200 favourite garden plants from apples to clematis at all stages of their growth, to achieve special shapes and effects, and to keep them in good health.

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RHS Handbook: Pruning & Training by The Royal Horticultural Society

This comprehensive guide to pruning and training includes detailed instructions on all the key techniques for tackling roses, fruit trees & bushes, shrubs, hedges, ornamental trees, climbers and even perennials. It features a Pruning Directory of more than 160 common plants for quick reference and is fully illustrated throughout. Colour step-by-step drawings and clear photography makes each technique easy to follow to help you save money, time and effort with RHS best practice.

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'Expert advice from the Royal Horticultural Society experts' --Gardens Illustrated

About The Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is the UK's largest gardening charity, dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. Its charitable work includes providing expert advice and information, training the next generation of gardeners and promoting the ecological, aesthetic and psychological benefits of gardening in an urban environment.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION RULES & TOOLS Introduction Pruning techniques Tools & equipment Understanding pruning terms PERENNIALS Introduction Staking Autumn cutback ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS Introduction Pruning deciduous shrubs Minimal deciduous pruning Hard deciduous pruning Pruning evergreen shrubs Minimal evergreen pruning Shrub renovation Topiary masterclass ORNAMENTAL TREES Introduction Tree forms & shapes Feathered trees Branch-headed standards Removing large & different branch types Removing unwanted growth Other tree pruning techniques Tree renovation Tree problems CLIMBERS Introduction Pruning climbers & wall plants Clematis Wisteria Honeysuckle Wall shrubs HEDGES Introduction Formative pruning of a deciduous hedge Formative pruning of an evergreen hedge Formative pruning of a conifer hedge Pruning established hedges Hedge renovation ROSES Introduction Annual pruning programme Bush roses Shrub roses Standard roses Climbing & rambling roses Rose renovation FRUIT TREES & BUSHES Fruit tree introduction Apples & pears Plums, damsons & gages Cherries Peaches & nectarines Renovating & restoring neglected fruit trees Soft fruit introduction Black currants Gooseberries, red & white currants Raspberries Blackberries & hybrid berries Blueberries Grapevines PRUNING DIRECTORY INDEX PICTURE CREDITS

Additional information

GOR006195754
9781845337797
1845337794
RHS Handbook: Pruning & Training by The Royal Horticultural Society
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Octopus Publishing Group
20130201
192
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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