The centuries-old art form of topiary involves the training and trimming of plants, trees or shrubs into ornamental shapes, from traditional hedges and sheared trees to the fanciful shapes of ...

Gardeners looking for new challenges might consider branching out into topiary, the art of trimming and training plants to grow in fanciful or formal shapes.Topiary has been practiced for ...

Ivy is an excellent choice for hollow topiary as are jasmine, creeping rosemary and creeping fig to name a few. For “stuffed” creations baby’s tears, pennyroyal and thyme are a few.

Topiary is the art of growing trees and shrubs as living sculptures — cubes, spheres, obelisks, animal shapes or combinations of these. The tradition has flourished in various places at ...

My first encounter with fanciful topiary came when I was 18 and arrived for the first time on the campus of my Boston area college. Situated atop a hill, my ...

Laid-Back Topiary for Your Winter Windowsill. The traditionally prissy practice relaxes at the hands of modern floral designers, just in time for you to bring one inside. By . Cynthia Kling.

Ponti’s Sleepy Chick topiary is part of a larger exhibition and will be on display until 20 October, 2014. + Claude Ponti. Via My Modern Met Lead photo via Molaire and Tentacules.

TOPIARY IS THE ART of clipping and training plants into shapes. It can be formal or fun -- or a little of both. It certainly lets you have fun with plants and get a little wild with your Felcos ...

These topiary are mostly too large and complicated to be done in a single afternoon. A dappled willow, or Salix integra, pruned into a relaxed topiary shape at Snug Harbor Farm.