Topiary is a form of pruning wherein a shrub or small tree is trimmed and trained into an interesting, elegant, or whimsical shape. Topiary shapes can range from a classic spiral or ball-on-stem to a ...

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. Your ...

Santiago Padilla waters the "mama swan" topiary at the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas recently. The display depicts Monet's famous 1900 painting, ``The Water Lily Pond." ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the zenith of its popularity in the 17th century, topiary – the art of trimming shrubs and trees into ...

When I think of topiary, I think of Disneyland and whimsical cartoon characters reproduced as perfectly clipped plants. In fact, Walt Disney did much to acquaint many of us with topiary, an ancient ...

Stuck for a summer project? How about an enormous squirrel in the front garden? Maybe a Box hedge dragon? Head Gardener at Powerscourt, Alex Slazenger says topiary also has its more elegant side, and ...

Once upon a time, European Renaissance gardeners spent months upon months carefully pruning and shaping foliage into the geometric shapes, swirling spirals and life-size animals of traditional topiary ...

When I think of topiary, I think of Disneyland and whimsical cartoon characters reproduced as perfectly clipped plants. In fact, Walt Disney did much to acquaint many of us with topiary, an ancient ...

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While many gardeners are shaking their heads over brownish end-of-summer lawns and so-so shrubbery, Casimir ”Cas” Boyan proudly presides over a fantasyland of green growing things in the shapes of ...