Covering plants with clear instructions and illustrations, A Guide to Successful Pruning will show you exactly how to prune any plant in your garden from rose to shrubs. It covers many additional plants in eight chapters. The result is the new definitive guide for the home gardener with friendly, expert advice. Coverage includes a variety of information about the challenges associated with pruning such as disease prevention, root pruning, mature tree pruning, and restoration following storms. With its simple tables, lists, and strategies, this book is an appealing resource for horticulture, landscape and tree associations and industries and is a natural addition for botanic garden and arboreta bookstores.