How to Prune Trees & Shrubs: Easy Techniques for Timely Trimming. A Storey BASICS Title

This Storey BASICS title details the key steps to successfully pruning all the most common woody plants in the home landscape with an easy system that assumes no prior knowledge of plants or gardening.

Help your trees, shrubs, and vines look and yield their best by making the right cut every time. Whether you are hoping for more flowers or fruit, trying to create a dense screen, or struggling to manage out-of-control growth, there is a pruning technique to achieve your goals. Expert gardener Barbara Ellis explains how a plant responds to pruning, how and when to use basic cuts, and what tools to use. Her plant-by-plant guide will give you the confidence you need to make that first cut.