RHS Pruning and Training

A complete guide to everything you need to know when pruning and training your plants with confidence, from the experts at the RHS.

Cut with confidence — know when and how to prune your trees and plants with this complete guide from the experts at the RHS.

Keep your garden in top shape with the RHS's guide to pruning over 800 plants, shrubs, fruit bushes, ornamental trees, and climbing plants. Clear artworks and step-by-step photographs guide you through some of the simplest — and also more complicated — approaches to keeping your plants in good order.

Knowing how to prune and shape plants correctly will help you achieve the best displays of flowers, produce bumper crops of fruit, and help your plants remain disease-free. A practical A-Z approach, organised by plant type, displays detailed information in an easy-to-use format, as well as guides for more specialised techniques.

Whether it's pinch or renovation pruning, or pollarding and topiary, RHS Pruning and Training has it all.