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Topiary:
Design and Technique
by Christopher Crowder, Michaeljon Ashworth
Hardcover: 128 pages ISBN: 1861268165
Publisher: Crowood Press (April 1, 2006) |
| The book addresses the basics,
provides design tips, considers placement and style. Includes plant selection and
planting, clipping by hand and with power tools, pruning, and step-by-step illustrations
to assist in creating a single amusing critter or a complex topiary display. Packed with
photographs showing a variety of forms. |
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Illustrated
Practical Encyclopedia of Pruning, Training and Topiary
by Richard Bird
Hardcover: 256 pages ISBN: 0754815374
Publisher: Lorenz Books (September 2005) |
| An invaluable A-Z Directory of
Ornamental Plants looks at the pruning requirements of wide range of species on a plant by
plant basis. How to prune and train trees, shrubs, hedges, topiary, tree and soft fruit,
climbers and more. Photographs and 100 practical illustrations. |
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Pruning
Fruiting Plants
by Richard Bird
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Southwater (November 25, 2006)
ISBN: 1844762858 |
| A practical gardener's guide to
pruning and training tree fruit and soft fruit, with over 350 photographs and
illustrations and easy-to-follow advice. |
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Pruning
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
by Richard Bird
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Southwater (November 25, 2006)
ISBN: 1844762955 |
| A gardener's guide to cutting,
trimming and training ornamental trees, shrubs, topiary, hedges, climbers and roses, with
over 550 photographs and illustrations and practical, easy-to-follow advice. |
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The
Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques
by Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Hardcover: 384 pages ISBN: 0881928038
Publisher: Timber Press; 2nd Ed Exp (August 15, 2006) |
| This is the first, and still the
most thorough, book to detail essential practices of perennial care such as deadheading,
pinching, cutting back, thinning, disbudding, and deadleafing, all of which are thoroughly
explained and illustrated. More than 200 new color photographs have been added to this
revised edition, showing perennials in various border situations and providing images for
each of the entries in the A-to-Z encyclopedia of important perennial species. In
addition, there is a new 32-page journal section, in which you can enter details, notes,
and observations about the requirements and performance of perennials in your own garden. |
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Cass
Turnbull's Guide to Pruning: What, When, and Where to Prune for a More
Beautiful Garden
by Cass Turnbull
Paperback: 336 pages ISBN: 1570614687
Publisher: Sasquatch; 2nd edition (February 9, 2006) |
| The second edition of this
definitive illustrated guide adds 40 percent new material, with more coverage of different
kinds of trees, shrubs, and ground covers and how to prune them for health and aesthetics.
The book is organized around the most common types of plants found in Northwest gardens:
evergreen and deciduous shrubs; bamboos and tea roses; rhododendrons, camellia and other
tree-like shrubs; hedge plants like boxwood and heather; clematis, wisteria and all those
vines; and detailed information on trees by species from dogwoods to weeping cherries. In
her trademark witty style, Turnbull also addresses tools, landscape renovation, and design
errors. |
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