Handbook / Manual
Out of Print
By: George E Brown(Author), Tony Kirkham(Author), Andrea Jones(Illustrator), Hugh Johnson(Foreword By)
404 pages, 698 colour photos, 7 b/w illustrations
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Pruning is an essential part of garden maintenance; it is necessary to regulate and control growth and to encourage flowering and fruiting on trees and shrubs. It is also one of the most difficult parts of garden maintenance. To prune well, gardeners must have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the attributes, growth, and flowering habits of the plants under their care and of the effects likely to be produced by making the cut. Landscapers, arborists, and home gardeners will find all this and more in Essential Pruning Techniques. Tony Kirkham shares decades of knowledge and expertise in this fully illustrated, comprehensive guide. Essential Pruning Techniques offers up- to-date pruning advice for 379 woody plants, step-by-step instruction on the latest techniques and practices, and specific advice for addressing climate challenges. Full colour photographs by Andrea Jones illustrate techniques and show examples of correctly pruned trees and shrubs.
This work incorporates portions of The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers, first published in 1972 by Faber and Faber.
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George E. Brown (1917–1980) earned his diploma in horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He returned to Kew in 1956 as an assistant curator. A founding member of the Arboricultural Association, he soon became a recognized authority on trees and shrubs.
Tony Kirkham is Head of the Arboretum and Horticultural Services at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, where he cares for the existing heritage landscape and woody plant collections and maintains the integrity and development of the living scientific plant collections. Tony lectures internationally, runs workshops and has published papers on a wide range of subjects.
Handbook / Manual
Out of Print
By: George E Brown(Author), Tony Kirkham(Author), Andrea Jones(Illustrator), Hugh Johnson(Foreword By)
404 pages, 698 colour photos, 7 b/w illustrations
"Walks any would-be arborist through a veritable dictionary of trees, from abelias to zenobias."
– New York Times Book Review
"An even more excellent text for shaping trees, shrubs, and conifers."
– Booklist
"Useful for anyone who wants to learn how to prune correctly."
– American Gardener
"Pruning is perhaps the gardening task that worries gardeners most and this blend of age-old wisdom and new techniques has solutions for most pruning dilemmas – for that, this book is priceless."
– English Garden
