Product Description

The author of Secrets of Plant Propagation returns with this revised edition of his book Pruning Simplified. This edition contains more than 300 step-by-step illustrations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56709 in Books
• Published on: 1997-12-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From Booklist
Another volume in Storey's useful Gardening Skills Illustrated series, Hill's book offers techniques on pruning just about everything that grows: ornamental trees and shrubs, shade trees, fruit trees, small fruits (such as grapes and berries), nut trees, evergreens, hedges, vines and groundcovers, garden plants, and houseplants. In a chapter titled "Artistic Pruning," Hill gives instructions on topiary, the art of shaping trees and shrubs into geometric forms, arches, and animals, and on espalier, the art of pruning trees, shrubs, and vines into a variety of shapes. Other tree-shaping techniques covered are pollarding, coppicing, and Japanese-style pruning. To include 300 step-by-step color illustrations. George Cohen

Ingram
Trusted nurseryman and author Lewis Hill helps readers overcome their fears with one of the most authoritative and complete pruning manuals available. Hill outlines the many reasons for pruning and explains the different methods used for each purpose. Over 300 two-color illustrations.

From the Back Cover
Are You Petrified of Pruning? Pruning is one of the best things you can do for your plants, if it's done the right way. Now renowned nurseryman and author Lewis Hill shows you how to shear without fear in Pruning Made Easy. More than 300 step-by-step illustrations demonstrate the proper techniques for pruning many varieties of plants including trees, shrubs, bushes, hedges, vines, and flowers. With Pruning Made Easy you will learn: *Exactly when, how, and why various plants should be pruned * Artistic pruning techniques used to make topiary, espalier, and cordons * Methods of using and caring for pruning tools and equipment * How to prune safely

Customer Reviews

Great for Beginners
I learned a lot about pruning from this book. The illustrations make it very easy to see exactly where you should cut. I wish the author would have included more plant varieties.

If You Knew My Great Uncle Lewis...
I am a very biased reviewer :-). The author of this book is my beloved Great Uncle Lewis of Greensboro, Vermont, and I adore him and his wife Nancy. Lewis' understanding of all things green and growing baffles even me. It's as if he was born knowing how to caretake the earth. He also has a marvelous sense of humor -- in person, as well as in writing. So enjoy this superlative book, and all his and his wife's other books. You are buying a lifetime of horticultural knowledge when you buy any of Lewis' books. God bless!

Illustrations make this book
This book is second only to the American Horticulture Society book on pruning (which might be too much information for some anyway). The illustrations in this book are superior to other books I've seen on pruning which is why I bought it as a companion to the AHS book. I don't know why other books won't give you a close up view but this one does and I liked that so I bought it. If you want just one book on pruning go ahead and make this the one, you've made a good choice.