Keeping Up AppearancesEnhancing Natural Form
Improving Flowering andFruiting
Controlling Size Guiding Growth MendingDamage
Eliminating HazardsPromoting Health and Vigor Keeping Up Appearances
Enhancing Natural Form Improving Flowering and
Fruiting Controlling Size Guiding Growth Mending
Damage Eliminating Hazards
Chapter 3: Tools and Equipment
Pruners and Loppers Saws Hedge Shears, Clippers,
and Knives
Chapter 4: Pruning Practices Right and Wrong
Where to Cut and Why Pinching Unkind Cuts
Shearing Heading Back (Lateral Pruning) Thinning
Limbing Up Root Pruning
Chapter 5: Pruning Deciduous Shade Trees
Planting Trees Training Shade Trees Maintaining Shade
Trees Pruning Older Shade Trees
Chapter 6: Pruning Flowering Trees and Ornamental Shrubs
Flowering Trees Deciduous Ornamental Shrubs Roses
Narrow-Leaf Evergreens Broadleaf Evergreens
Woody Herbs
Shaping Hedges Types of Hedges
Topiary Espalier Cordon Coppicing and Pollarding
Chapter 10: Pruning Woody Vines and Ground Covers
Woody Vines Clematis Woody Ground Covers
Chapter 11: Pruning Fruit Trees
Timing Pruning Styles Thinning Fruit
Solving Problems Tips for Specific Fruits
Chapter 12: Pruning Bush Fruits, Brambles, and Grapes
Grapes Blueberries and Other Bush Fruits
Raspberries and Other Brambles
Almonds Chestnuts Filberts Pecans and
Hickories Walnuts and Butternuts
Plant-by-Plant Pruning Guide for Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Vines