Cass Turnbull's guide to pruning What, when, where & how to prune for a more beautiful garden

Cass Turnbull, 1951-

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Published
Seattle, WA : Sasquatch Books : Distributed by Publishers Group West c2006.
Language
English
Main Author
Cass Turnbull, 1951- (-)
Edition
2nd ed
Item Description
"Second edition includes pruning advice for 100s of plants, shrubs, and trees"--Cover.
Physical Description
xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781570614682
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. The Basics
  • Chapter 1. Basic Cuts
  • Chapter 2. Selective Pruning Techniques
  • Chapter 3. Suckers and Water Sprouts
  • Chapter 4. Looking For Deadwood
  • Chapter 5. Timing
  • Chapter 6. Pruning Tools
  • Chapter 7. How to Prune Hedges
  • Chapter 8. Principles of Landscape Renovation
  • Chapter 9. The Most Common Design Errors
  • Part 2. The Plants
  • Chapter 10. Mounding-Habit Shrubs
  • Abelia
  • Boxwood
  • Burning Bush
  • Evergreen Azalea
  • Heath/Heather, Lavender, Rockrose, and Broom
  • Juniper
  • Spiraea
  • Three More Mounders: Escallonia, Mexican Orange, and Flowering Quince
  • Chapter 11. Cane-Growing Shrubs
  • Bamboo, Heavenly Bamboo, Kerria, Oregon Grape, and Julian's Barberry
  • Forsythia
  • Hydrangea
  • Hybrid Tea Roses
  • Three More Cane-Growers: Butterfly Bush, Mock Orange, and Red Twig Dogwood
  • Chapter 12. Tree-Like Shrubs
  • Camellia
  • Cotoneaster
  • Deciduous Azalea
  • English Laurel, English Holly, and Photinia
  • Lilac
  • Rhododendron
  • Viburnum x Bodnantense and Beautyberry
  • Witch Hazel, Doublefile Viburnum, and Winter Hazel
  • More Tree-Likes: Pieris and Golden Thread Cypress, Smoke Bush, and Other Stick-Ups
  • Chapter 13. Vines
  • Clematis
  • Wisteria
  • Chapter 14. Trees
  • Big Trees
  • Dogwood
  • Fruit Trees
  • Japanese Laceleaf Maple
  • Japanese Maple
  • Magnolia
  • Ornamental Cherry, Crabapple, and Purple-Leaf Plum Trees
  • Weeping Cherry
  • Japanese Pruning of Pines
  • Chapter 15. Ground Covers
  • English Ivy
  • Hypericum
  • Salal
  • Appendix 1. Regional Pruning by Plant Habit
  • Appendix 2. Three Views on Sterilizing Your Tools
  • Index