Well, it's not broken out by plant exactly, but I've got a book called "What's Wrong With My Plant (And How To Fix It)", by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth. It's got lots of pictures and a guide that helps you figure out what's going on. It was recommended to me by the Master Gardeners society in my area and I've used it a couple times. Here is a link that might be useful: loribees garden blog

it's more about tree sculpting techniques, not regular pollarding. i am looking thru all sorts of bibliography on arborsculpture sites. but as far as i remember, the book was not about 'weird sculpting' like making chairs from living trees. perhaps closer to live willow hedges/structures, the way it's done in france. ken druse name is familiar - i think i have his book. i'll look into that, thanks. i searched landscaping forum - there's not that many posts on tree sculpting, which is surprising to me.

I love reading gardening books! My three that I reach for at the end of winter to get me going are: The Cottage Garden by Christopher Lloyd (its like the Bible of garden books for me) English Cottage Gardening for American Gardeners by Margaret Hensel (Tasha Tudor wrote the foreword) Front Yard Gardens Growing more than Grass by Liz Primeau Many of the plants are out of my zone but I just look at the pictures, read and get inspired. The Tasha Tudor book is amazing so if you like that you will love these. I think the Christopher Lloyd and Liz Primeau book are in paperback, the other one is a little pricey . Happy Reading!

Okay, I may have made adjustments to my profile that will allow you to message me. If you click on my name or quilt picture, you hopefully will find a 'message' button on the top right on my profile page (in the middle of the ocean on my picture). [I saw one on dance_girl's profile and tried to set mine up the same way] If that doesn't work, I'll post my email here as the last alternative. This really shouldn't be so difficult. I appreciate your willingness to help me, through all this.