How to Prune Trees

Attn: Homeowners, Community Property Managers, andLandscape Professionals -- this Bestseller is updated with a NEW 2016 edition! The objective of pruning is to produce strong, healthy, attractive plants. By understanding how, when, and why to prune, and by following the few simple principles in this publication, this objective can be achieved. This easy-to-follow, illustrated guide is appropriate for high school students through adults that may have been tasked with the chore to prune trees. Students studying to become landscape artists and other gardening or landscape professionals, as well as homeowners and community property managers may be interested in these concise guidelines for pruning trees. Related products: Forest Heatlh Monitoring: National Status, Trends and Analysis 2015 is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/001-000-04773-6National Individual Tree Species Atlas is avaiable here: http: //https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/001-001-00703-0 Other products produced by the United States (U.S/US). Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/819 "