Overview
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 & Training contains all the techniques you need in easy-to-follow, step by step explanations.Synopsis
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 & Training contains all the techniques you need in easy-to-follow, step by step explanations.
Library Journal
If your garden is as diverse but as overgrown and storm damaged as mine, this may be the book for you. Brickell, former director general of the Royal Horticultural Society, and plant-care author Joyce have produced a comprehensive manual covering over 800 ornamental trees and shrubs, fruits, roses, and climbing plants. Each section includes information on basic and advanced pruning techniques and on renovating damaged or neglected plants. Special training techniques such as pollarding and creating topiary are also outlined, while plant silhouettes provide information on expected size and natural growth habit. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow, as are the detailed, high-quality pruning diagrams and photographs. Some of these illustrations are larger but otherwise the same as those in the Brickell-edited The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening (LJ 11/15/93). While that work provides complete gardening information, from propagation to pests, the new manual offers more extensive pruning and training information for a greater number of plants in a more concise manner. For public and academic libraries.Judith Lesso, West Virginia Univ. Health Sciences Lib., Morgantown