Wired Topiary Frames
Wire Topiary Frames: A Buyer’s Guide to Steel, Gauge and Size
A good wire topiary frame is made of steel rod with a weld at every crossing, finished against rust, and sized for…
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Tips, trends & inspiration for topiary.
Care guides, buying advice and ideas for living and faux topiary, from topiary specialists since 2009.
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Topiary Shapes: 10 Popular Designs and Where Each One Works
The ten most popular topiary shapes are the ball, the ball on a stem, the double or triple ball, the cone, the…
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How to Plant Artificial Topiary Trees in Pots
To plant an artificial topiary tree in a pot, set its plastic grower’s pot inside a larger planter, fill the space around…
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The History of Topiary: From Roman Gardens to Today
Topiary began in ancient Rome, more than two thousand years ago, when gardeners started clipping box and cypress into shapes. It faded…
Boxwood Topiary
Boxwood Diseases and Pests: How to Identify and Treat Them
The main boxwood diseases are Phytophthora root rot, boxwood blight and Volutella blight. Root rot and Volutella can often be managed by…
Boxwood Topiary
Live Boxwood Topiary: Why Boxwood, and When Live Beats Preserved or Artificial
Live boxwood is the best plant for most topiary because it has tiny leaves, grows slowly and holds a clipped shape with…
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How to Add Moss to a Topiary Frame
To add moss to a topiary frame, soak sphagnum moss until it is soft, squeeze it damp, then push it into the…
Live Topiaries
Ivy Topiary: How to Choose, Train and Care for Live Ivy on a Frame
An ivy topiary is live ivy trained over a wire frame until the leaves cover it and the frame reads as a…
Animal Topiary
How Mossed, Framed and Lighted Topiary Is Made
A mossed, framed or lighted topiary always starts as a steel frame in the shape of the animal. For a framed piece,…
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Full Outdoor Grade Artificial Foliage: Why It Lasts Outside
Full outdoor grade artificial foliage is plastic made for years of open sun: UV inhibitors and stabilizers are blended into the resin…
