Thoughtful, careful pruning is a key part of having a great-looking landscape. Your plants will produce more flowers, more fruit, more colorful stems or leaves-whatever you're growing them for in the first place and you'll start seeing results right away as you begin to prune with confidence.
Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening: Pruning is your guide to knowing when, what, and how to prune correctly. You'll learn how to make the right pruning cuts to get the results you want and which tools are best for each particular pruning job. Whether you're growing flowering trees or shade trees, shrubs or vines, flowers, herbs, or fruit trees, you'll find the knowledge you need to prune and train all of your landscape plants fearlessly and effectively.