Pruning for Flowers and Fruit (CSIRO Publishing Gardening Guides)

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Pruning is all about controlling and directing plant growth. It’s easy to have the best groomed and most productive garden when you understand how plants grow and know what to prune and when to do it.

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.

Key features
• Prune with confidence following detailed step-by-step instructions and easy to follow diagrams
• Learn how to choose the best plant at the nursery for your garden
• Whether a beginner or more experienced gardener, become an expert and bring out the best in your garden