Pruning
Part of PlantAmnesty's mission is to provide accurate information about pruning and landscape maintenance. We're here to help you just say no to shrub-shearing. And remember, topping is for your banana split, not your tree!
Conservation Plant Identification Tools and Guides from USDA The USDA has developed two pocket ID guides for plant conservation -- one emphasizing herbaceous plants and the other emphasizing trees and shrubs -- both available online in PDF (free) or in print (paid), with links to a vegetative guide to selected native grasses (in PDF).
Pruning Woody Plants Good pruning is necessary to preserve the general attractiveness of your landscape and to keep your ornamental plants healthy.
Pruning and Training Apple and Pear Trees Training and pruning are essential for growing fruit successfully. Fruit size, quality and pest management are influenced by training and pruning.
Follow Proper Pruning Techniques Proper pruning enhances the beauty of almost any landscape tree and shrub, while improper pruning can ruin or greatly reduce its landscape potential. In most cases, it is better not to prune than to do it incorrectly.
HOW to Prune Trees The objective of pruning is to produce strong, healthy, attractive plants. By understanding how, when and why to prune, and by following a few simple principles, this objective can be achieved.
Pruning is a double-edged sword, either helping or hurting according to if, where, ... When improperly performed, pruning can harm the tree's health,This tree pruning site is prepared and maintained by Dr. Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department,
Pruning Trees and Shrubs Describes reasons for pruning, timing, hedge and evergreen pruning, and proper pruning tools. Provides illustrations of trouble spots requiring pruning,
G6870 Pruning Ornamental Shrubs, Explore MU Extension Pruning is often misunderstood and improperly practiced. Proper pruning is not difficult if a regular maintenance schedule is followed.
Espalier An espaliered plant is one that has been trained to
grow in one plane. In the 17th Century, 'espalier' originally
referred to the frame or trellis on which the plant was trained.
Today, espalier refers to both the two-dimensional tree or shrub or
the horticultural technique of actually training the plant. Also
includes 20 favorite plants for espalier.
A
Guide to Successful Pruning A shrub pruning calendar for
from the Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Prunning Fruit TreesThis page is designed to show pictures of various kinds and cultivars of fruits and to show how to prune and train plants in various ways.
How to Prune Trees - A guide by USDA Forest Service
Pruning
Guidebookof the British Columbia Forest Service
Pruning
Ornamental Shrubs from University of Missouri-Columbia
Fiskars
Pruning Tips by the makers of Fiskars prunners