Pruning for Flowers and Fruit

Pruning for Flowers and Fruit shows you techniques from the most basic to the most advanced of espaliers and topiary. The book covers a wide range of ornamental plants, vegetables, fruit trees and bushes with special emphasis on popular plants such as roses, hydrangeas, citrus, nuts and berries. It will show you how to choose the best plants at the nursery, maintain your secateurs like a professional, prune weather-damaged plants and renovate your ornamental or fruiting trees and shrubs. Whether you live in a cool temperate zone or the tropics this book shows you how to bring out the best in your garden. Reviews «Varkulevicius, an experienced horticulture professional and longtime home gardener, gives detailed instructions for pruning ornamental plants, both deciduous and evergreen fruit trees, fruiting shrubs, and bush fruits... many photos and diagrams provide guidance for taining and pruining. In addition to advice on pruning, the author gives instructions for selecting appropriate speices and rootsocks, and for trellising, staking, hedging, pollarding, coppicing, and topiary. Summing Up: Recommended.»