Pruning & Training

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THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
PRUNING
?ITRAINING
The unrivaled practical handbook to the correct pruning and training of ornamental trees, climbing plants, shrubs, roses, tree fruits, and soft fruits
A-to-Z PLANT-BY-PLANT APPROACH More than 800 plants are grouped and listed alphabetically, with detailed information on the general pruning principles for each group and the growth habits and particular needs of individual plants
MORE THAN 1,500 DETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS Superb color illustrations and close-up photographs show you exactly where and how to make pruning cuts to bring out the best in garden plants
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES AND UNUSUAL EFFECTS Coppicing, topiary, pleaching, and pinch-pruning are just some of the more unusual pruning and training techniques featured with fully explained traditional practices
MORE ATTRACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE TREES AND SHRUBS All the pruning and training skills you need for more impressive flowers, foliage,... Tovább

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I,'í'M,/, I

THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
PRUNING
?ITRAINING
The unrivaled practical handbook to the correct pruning and training of ornamental trees, climbing plants, shrubs, roses, tree fruits, and soft fruits
A-to-Z PLANT-BY-PLANT APPROACH More than 800 plants are grouped and listed alphabetically, with detailed information on the general pruning principles for each group and the growth habits and particular needs of individual plants
MORE THAN 1,500 DETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS Superb color illustrations and close-up photographs show you exactly where and how to make pruning cuts to bring out the best in garden plants
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES AND UNUSUAL EFFECTS Coppicing, topiary, pleaching, and pinch-pruning are just some of the more unusual pruning and training techniques featured with fully explained traditional practices
MORE ATTRACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE TREES AND SHRUBS All the pruning and training skills you need for more impressive flowers, foliage, and crops of fruit and berries, brought together in one comprehensive volume
THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
PRUNING
STRAINING
Guidance from the Experts! How to Prune Train more than 800 Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Fruits Climbing Plants
Whether you are planning a new garden, wondering how to bring back a neglected tree or shrub, or want to develop areas of special interest, AHS, Pruning 8i,Training contains all the techniques you need in easy-to-follow, step-by-step explanations.
¦ Is there a correct time to prune evergreen trees and shrubs? AHS Pruning 8i,Training advises you when to prune — and when not to prune — all the plants in your garden.
• How do you decide whether to prune a shrub or replace it?
Every entry in the A-to-Z plant-by-plant sections tells you if renewing neglected or overgrown specimens is worthwhile.
• How do you judge whether pruning an overgrown tree is a job for a professional? AHS Pruning Si^Training tells you when expert help is a safer choice for you and your plants.
• How do you stop climbing roses from becoming bare at the base?
Learn how simple adjustments in training techniques can prevent common problems and enhance flowering performance, resulting in superb effects and displays.
Destined to become the standard work on the subject, AHS Pruning Training is the practical handbook gardeners have been waiting for.
$34.95


Christopher Brickell is Chairman oftho hitcrnational Commission for the NotmMiil.Mvnv of Cultivated Plants and was Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society irom 1985 to 1993. lie was Editor-in-Chief of DK's /Inicricun Horiiculmral Socictj-Encjclopcdia of Gardening]. Although much of his time is spent givintj lectures, attending conferences, and leading botanical expeditions all over the world, he cultivates a wide range of plants, lioth popular and rare, in his own garden.
David Joycc is the celebrated author of many spcciali/.cd books on horticultural techniques, as well as general gardening books, l ie was General Fulitor of The Chelsea Year, a survey of tlie show activities of the Royal Horticultural Society. He has lived and grown plants in Paris, Hong Kong, and Wellington as well as his native
England. He now divides his free lime between a London balcony garden and a rural garden in SulVolk.
Paul Meyer, American Horticultural Society consultant, is Director of the Morris Arboretum of the
University of Pennsylvania, previously serving as Curator of the Living Collection for 15 years. He has traveled extensively in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is a rccogni/ed authority on collecting and evaluating wild-colIccted plants for their horticultural potential. He has been published widely in the areas of plant exploration, urban forestry, and general horticulture
Contributors to AHS Pruning Traininfj include: Mark Burleton, Lcclurcr in horticullun-, spfciali/ing in hardy trees and shrubs, and formerly Estate Superintendent at the RMS Ganlcn, Wislcy.
Michacl Gibson, author of several books on roses, formerly President of the Royal National Ro.se Society anl Chairman of its Gardens Management Committee.
George Gilbert, a horticukural consultnnl specializing in cool-climate fruits, formerly Pruit Oííicer at the KHS (!arden, Wislcy, and Plantations OfTiccrat the Long Ashton horticultural research station.
Dr. Christopher Grey-Wilson, botanist and author, and leader of botanical and plant-hunting expeditions worldwide. A noted expert in alpine plants and wihKlowers, he also takes a special interest in cool- and warm-climate climbing plants.
David Palcrson, Assi.stant Curator at the Koyal Botanic (Jarden Edinburgh. A Ma.stcr of Arboriculture, he has traveled and Icctured extensively in the United .States.
Professor Don Tindall, a leading expert in ihe growing of tropical fruits.
Ray Waitc, Superintendent ff Glasshouses at the RHS Garden, Wislcy, and an authority on exhibition and display pruning and training techniques.
John White, Dcndrologist at Wesli)nhirl AHiorelum, one of the finest collections of trees and shrubs in the UK.
DK PUHLISHING, JNC. 9S Marliton Avenue New York, NY 10016

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