Pruning Trees, Shrubs and Climbers, Hedges, Roses, Flowers and Topiary by Richard Bird

Pruning Trees, Shrubs and Climbers, Hedges, Roses, Flowers and Topiary by Richard Bird

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A practical guide to pruning and training ornamental and decorative plants, this book aims to take the mystery out of pruning. It shows the techniques in step-by-step photographs and diagrams. It contains a directory that describes the timing, frequency and method of pruning for a range of ornamental plants.

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Pruning Trees, Shrubs and Climbers, Hedges, Roses, Flowers and Topiary by Richard Bird

This is the ultimate practical guide to pruning and training ornamental and decorative plants of all types - trees, shrubs, climbers and much more. All techniques are shown in close-up step-by-step photographs and diagrams, making the tasks absolutely clear and easy to follow. This book contains an invaluable directory that describes the timing, frequency and method of pruning for a range of ornamental plants. Simple practical advice is shown clearly for the beginner, and more specialist expert techniques for the advanced and experienced gardener and professionals getting deeper into the subject. This essential practical guide aims to take the mystery out of pruning. Each chapter includes practical advice, illustrated with step-by-step photographic sequences and artworks, on the initial training of the plant; how to prune; and how to undertake renovation pruning. An invaluable directory then looks at a wide range of ornamental plants and explains the timing, frequency and method of pruning for each species. With over 600 photographs and specially commissioned artworks, many of them step-by-step, this is the only books on pruning ornamental plants that any gardener will ever need.
Richard Bird has been gardening since childhood and currently maintains a large garden, where his abiding passion for plants is very evident. He has contributed to numerous publications and has been magazine editor for Focus on Plants, The Hardy Plant, Alpine Gardening and the Alpine Garden Society's magazine Bulletin. He is also a full-time author on the subject of gardens and plants and has written nearly 30 books on subjects as diverse as alpines and rock gardens, lilies, perennials, organic gardening and window boxes. He is the author of Beautiful Shrubs and Great Climbers, and The Green-Fingered Gardener: Kitchen Gardens (both by Southwater).
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ISBN 13 9781844762958
ISBN 10 1844762955
Title Pruning Trees, Shrubs and Climbers, Hedges, Roses, Flowers and Topiary
Author Richard Bird
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Anness Publishing
Year published 2006-07-17
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.