The Complete Garden

A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

Pruning

5 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Pruning

REASONS FOR PRUNING. The reasons for pruning are: (1) To secure a desired form or height of the plant; (2) To remove injured, diseased, or…

Pruning: Japanese

HEDGES. Most hedge plants, such as the Japanese barberry and the privet, if allowed to grow as specimen plants unrestrained by severe…

Pruning: Hedges

Hedges which are allowed to grow naturally require but little pruning, except the removal of dead and diseased wood and the checking of any…

Pruning: Shows

D-1 to D 5 Shows correct and incorrect methods of shearing or pruning hedges. D-1 to D-3 Shows the correct method known as the ovoid cross…

Pruning: Evergreens

EVERGREENS. Evergreens need but little pruning. The pruning of evergreens is done to secure formal shapes, to thicken growth, or to…

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