Frontispiece: Hiddenhaven, the author’s collection of gardens, was used to
evaluate the majority of pruning techniques in this book. Here, the front walk
flourishes in spring; the annual cutting garden can be seen in the distance.
Photo credits appear on page 395.
Copyright © 2017 by Tracy DiSabato-Aust. All rights reserved.
Third Edition.
Published in 2017 by Timber Press, Inc.
The Haseltine Building
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450
Portland, Oregon 97204-
timberpress.com
Printed in China
Text design by Carrie Hamilton
Cover design by Carrie Hamilton and Anna Eshelman
Color illustrations by Kerry Cesen
Black and white illustrations by Beth Ann Daye
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: DiSabato-Aust, Tracy, author.
Title: The well-tended perennial garden: the essential guide to planting and
pruning techniques / Tracy DiSabato-Aust.
Description: Third edition. | Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2017. | "The
bestselling classic, completely revised and expanded." | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016027264 (print) | LCCN 2016028654 (ebook) | ISBN
9 781604697070 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781604697872 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Perennials. | Perennials—Pruning.
Classification: LCC SB434 .D37 2017 (print) | LCC SB434 (ebook) | DDC
635.9/32—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/
A catalog record for this book is also available from the British Library.