Pruning ornamental shrubs
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Pruning ornamental shrubs
Classmark: Bedford Collection G160
Creator(s): Clayton, John T
Additional creator(s): Main, John (1940-) (Contributor); Clayton, John T (Other); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain) (Originator)
Publisher: Cassell [for] the Royal Horticultural Society
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1986
Language: English
Size and medium: 64 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/741026
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991020013691105181
Description
Previous edition: published as Pruning hardy shrubs, 1973.
Introduction -- The objects of pruning (Keeping the shrub healthy; Maintaining shape and balance ; Newly-planted shrubs ; Rejuvenation of overgrown shrubs ; Root pruning ; Obtaining the maximum decorative effect) -- Pruning tools (The pruning knife ; Secateurs ; Pruning saws ; Shrub pruners ; Hand shears ; Making the pruning cut) -- When and how to prune (When to prune ; How to prune ; Deciduous shrubs ; Evergreen shrubs) -- Hedge cutting (After planting ; Established hedges ; Informal hedges) -- Wall shrubs and climbers (Pruning methods ; Pruning established climbers) -- Roses (As specimen shrubs ; Pruning newly-planted roses ; Pruning display roses) -- Heathers (Summer flowering ; Winter flowering ; Tree heaths) -- A guide to the pruning of some popular shrubs and wall plants.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G160: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford.
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