The Illustrated Practical Encyclopedia of Pruning, Training & Topiary

This volume presents a practical guide to pruning and training decorative and fruiting plants. It provides advice on pruning and training methods for many different types of ornamental plants and contains instructions about how to train and prune fruit trees, climbing fruit and soft fruit. All techniques and projects are shown in close-up step-by-step photography and diagrams and this reference provides a plant directory, describing the timing, frequency and method of pruning for a range of ornamental plants. This work opens with an introduction that looks at basic principles and techniques. The chapters are arranged by plant type, covering ornamental trees, shrubs, topiary, hedges, climbers and wall shrubs, and roses. Each section includes practical advice, illustrated with step-by-step photographic sequences and artworks, on the initial training of the plant; how to prune the plant once it is established; and how to undertake renovation pruning.