RHS Pruning and Training - Christopher Brickell and David Joyce

RHS Pruning and Training: What, When and How to Prune
by Christopher Brickell and David Joyce

Published by Dorling Kindersley - February 2017 - Hardcover - 366pp - 26cm x 20cm

Cultivate your perfect garden with Royal Horticultural Society Pruning and Training's unrivalled guidance for over 800 trees, shrubs and climbing plants.

Fully updated by the Royal Horticultural Society experts, RHS Pruning & Training uses clear, step-by-step instructions and fantastic photography to perfectly illustrate the secrets to pruning and training your plants. Whether you're a novice gardener or an amateur expert, RHS Pruning & Training is packed with plenty of information on all plant types including fruits, roses, shrubs, and trees. Learn specialised techniques including coppicing, pollarding, and pinch pruning for specific plant types, and prune your garden to perfection all year round.

Christopher Brickell, former director of the Royal Horticultural Society, is an eminent horticulturist. In 1976, he was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour for services to horticulture, followed by a CBE. A former editor of The Plantsman, he has also chaired the International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants. He has worked on several publications with DK including the previous editions of Plants & Flowers and A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. He is assisted by a team of plant specialist contributors, who will identify the latest and best plant varieties.