The hedge is a simple form of topiary used to create boundaries, walls or screens. (wikipedia.org)
Whether you like a French, Japanese, or English style, or own a manor house, contemporary home, or cottage - you can find some form of topiary appropriate for your garden. (bellaonline.com)
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The Samia Rose Topiary is in Encinitas, CA. Information about their classes can be found on the web, by phone, or email. (garden.org)
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Although there are some instructions given on how to create some types of topiary such as a bird, cloud topiary, training to a standard, spirals and hedges, the instructions are brief and you'd have to be familiar with pruning to really follow them. (bellaonline.com)
I had taken a photograph, in the grounds of a historic house, of a huge cloud topiary, and it occurred to me that I could fairly easily photograph Tolly in a position to match the shape of the bushes. (mymodernmet.com)
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Hello, it doesn’t look like the pumpkin topiary has a plug in option. (grandinroad.com)
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Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, whether geometric or fanciful. (wikipedia.org)
The plants used in topiary are evergreen, mostly woody, have small leaves or needles, produce dense foliage, and have compact and/or columnar (e.g., fastigiate) growth habits. (wikipedia.org)
Evergreens have usually been the first choice for Early Modern topiary, however, with yew and boxwood leading other plants. (wikipedia.org)
The index gives a list of common plants used for topiary and which ones will work for different situations. (bellaonline.com)
If you struggle in that department--can't seem to keep plants alive--our Sculptura Double Ball Boxwood Topiary might be just the greenery substitute for you. (wisteria.com)
Self-taught and armed with a hedge trimmer, Fryar worked for more than 20 years to create and maintain remarkable and dazzling topiaries from plants that were often salvaged from a local nursery. (gardenconservancy.org)
Using a gas-powered hedge trimmer and salvaged plants, Pearl Fryar begins his topiary garden on 3 acres at his home. (gardenconservancy.org)
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Japanese Zen gardens (karesansui, dry rock gardens) make extensive use of Karikomi (a topiary technique of clipping shrubs and trees into large curved shapes or sculptures) and Hako-zukuri (shrubs clipped into boxes and straight lines). (wikipedia.org)
Topiary at Versailles and its imitators was never complicated: low hedges punctuated by potted trees trimmed as balls on standards, interrupted by obelisks at corners, provided the vertical features of flat-patterned parterre gardens. (wikipedia.org)
The garden was started in 1695 and displays a huge number of topiary as well as other classic English garden features such as a rose garden, herbaceous borders and pleached lime trees. (bellaonline.com)
These topiary trees make great gifts and decorations for holiday time. (craftbits.com)
Evergreen trees and shrubs like the dwarf Alberta spruce here make the best spiral topiaries because of their sturdy trunks and year-round color. (gardengatemagazine.com)
Rosemary topiary trees are ever-more-popular during the holiday season - many large specimens are now available, in addition to the small ones routinely used as gifts and decorative items for the home. (arborgate.com)
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Shop our selection of pre-lit, evergreen topiaries for a warm and whimsical yet highly durable addition to your wintery front porch. (frontgate.com)
You can find a 4-foot tall evergreen topiary like this for sale at nurseries and garden centers for $100 and up. (gardengatemagazine.com)
Ligustrum delavayanum, Delavay Privet, is an evergreen shrub with small ovate dark leaves extensively used as a hedge or shaped in various topiary forms in British gardens. (palmcentre.co.uk)
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Topiary" has been identified in the past as having a leading role in hactivist attacks launched by the LulzSec and Anonymous groups. (sophos.com)
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this Franco-Dutch garden style spread to England after 1660, but by 1708-09 one searches in vain for fanciful topiary among the clipped hedges and edgings, and the standing cones and obelisks of the aristocratic and gentry English parterre gardens in Kip and Knyff's Britannia Illustrata. (wikipedia.org)
At Frontgate, youâ ll find holiday topiaries fashioned into fanciful balls and alluring twists, trimmed with pinecone details, and bedecked with glowing lights. (frontgate.com)
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Traditional topiary forms use foliage pruned and/or trained into geometric shapes such as balls or cubes, obelisks, pyramids, cones, or tiered plates and tapering spirals. (wikipedia.org)
If you want to create a pair of topiaries, wrap both spirals with ribbon first to make sure you will have a matched set. (gardengatemagazine.com)
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Pliny's Natural History and the epigram writer Martial both credit Gaius Matius Calvinus, in the circle of Julius Caesar, with introducing the first topiary to Roman gardens, and Pliny the Younger describes in a letter the elaborate figures of animals, inscriptions, cyphers and obelisks in clipped greens at his Tuscan villa (Epistle v.6, to Apollinaris). (wikipedia.org)
It also has a glossary and a list of gardens you can visit that have great topiary collections. (bellaonline.com)
This past summer the Chicago Botanic Gardens had a great whimsical topiary display throughout their Gardens and it was fun to see all the shapes that can be formed. (garden.org)
The Garden Conservancy's 25th anniversary book, Outstanding American Gardens , features the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden as one of fifty notable gardens across the country. (gardenconservancy.org)
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden and Longue Vue Gardens, both Garden Conservancy preservation gardens, collaborate to bring Pearl Fryar to New Orleans to give a series of presentations and talks. (gardenconservancy.org)
Topiary is the essence of virtualy all of these areas and range from small knot gardens, to animal shapes to the stunning avenues of tall, shaped hedges such as the magnificent Hornbeam Alley in the Plant Sculptures kingdom. (northofthedordogne.com)
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The book also shows how topiary can be used to create different effects in the garden - frame the entrance to your driveway or front door, create a privacy hedge, or add whimsical touches such as bird and squirrel shapes. (bellaonline.com)
Our whimsical Podocarpus Double Ball Topiary offers all the beauty of a real garden sculpture without the constant grooming. (grandinroad.com)
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Our high-end topiaries, tree fillers and other true-to-life faux greenery spread Christmas cheer and welcome the season of celebration into your home. (frontgate.com)
Learn more about choosing holiday wreaths , garlands , and swags to complement your pre-lit Christmas urn fillers and topiaries with our Greenery Guide . (frontgate.com)
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Assemble the topiary form by pushing one end of a wooden dowel all the way through the larger foam ball, leaving a 1 to 2-inch tail below the sphere. (oceanspray.com)
Start by buying a pot and then finding the right sized polystyrene ball and length of dowel so your topiary looks in proportion. (craftbits.com)
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Built in 1945, destroyed in 1989, restored in 2012, the "world's tallest bear" is a 34-foot-tall topiary scaffold slowly being covered with ivy. (roadsideamerica.com)
We came to see the World's Largest Topiary Bear (which now is almost fully covered in ivy) and stayed for the pizza. (roadsideamerica.com)
FITZGERALD, Ga. (WALB) - Fitzgerald leaders are building what they said will be the world's largest topiary chicken. (walb.com)
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The McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina partners with the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the WeGOJA Foundation (formerly the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission), and the Garden Conservancy for Midland Gives , a fundraising campaign to recover, maintain, and help build community consensus around a vision and plan for long-term preservation of the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden. (gardenconservancy.org)
Pearl Fryar teaches a topiary class at Moore Farms Botanical Garden in Lake City, SC as part of the ArtFields art competition and festival, sponsored by the Lake City Creative Alliance. (gardenconservancy.org)
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It became popular really fast beginning of the 20th century and it's extensively used as a hedge or topiary in Australia and Europe. (palmcentre.co.uk)
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The artist starts with a photo he takes himself, and then digitally edits in The Topiary Cat to create his fantastical scenes. (mymodernmet.com)
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The Ivy Bear is the name of both the restaurant and the 34-foot-tall topiary bruin in front of it. (roadsideamerica.com)
Along the aisle of the ceremony, topiaries made of roses in various shades of pink were placed on tall risers. (insideweddings.com)
Fitzgerald Mayor Jim Puckett said the topiary chicken will be the largest in the world and will stand at 62 feet tall. (walb.com)
You can start working on the topiary shape once your laurel resumes growth and reaches a foot tall. (arborgate.com)
How tall do you eventually want your topiary? (arborgate.com)
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Inspired by the technique, 75-year-old British artist Richard Saunders began his series, The Topiary Cat, which involves digitally transforming foliage into felines. (mymodernmet.com)
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Common species chosen for topiary include cultivars of European box (Buxus sempervirens), arborvitae (Thuja species), bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), holly (Ilex species), myrtle (Eugenia or Myrtus species), yew (Taxus species), and privet (Ligustrum species). (wikipedia.org)
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One of his images went viral on Facebook , and people believed it to be a real topiary. (mymodernmet.com)
Saunders recalls, "One of the images, of The Topiary Cat drinking from a lake at Painshill Park, had over three million hits on my Facebook page, and the Topiary Cat website crashed due to the gigabytes of hits. (mymodernmet.com)
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2. Wrap the ribbon/floral wire between the topiary spaces. (hallmarkchannel.com)
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Shaped and sculpted with delicate, lifelike details, our long-lasting Christmas topiaries tell the story of purposeful holiday decor chosen with love and placed with care. (frontgate.com)
Our lifelike Boxwood Ball Topiary offers all the beauty of the real thing without any of the work. (grandinroad.com)
Enjoy three times the beauty: our lifelike Pre-lit Podocarpus Triple Ball Topiary looks just like the real thing with an added touch of sparkle and none of the maintenance. (grandinroad.com)
Our lifelike Pre-lit Boxwood Ball Topiary offers all the beauty of the real thing with an added touch of sparkle and none of the maintenance. (grandinroad.com)
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The scaffolding for the current topiary bear was built in 2012, and is so big that it's taken ten years for ivy to cover it. (roadsideamerica.com)
Both were built in the mid-1940s, but the topiary bear was destroyed by a storm in the 1980s. (roadsideamerica.com)
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If you're interested in learning more about topiary and how to use it in your garden, A Practical Guide to Topiary by Jenny Hendy is a must for your reference library. (bellaonline.com)
The author starts by defining topiary styles and giving suggestions of which styles might be best suited to your style of home or garden. (bellaonline.com)
Plant a line of spiral topiaries in a contemporary garden and take the space from textbook modern to something fun and personal. (gardengatemagazine.com)
Between seven and 14 inches, fake topiary animals fit right in on a counter or side table, but they also make a fabulous garden decoration. (artificialplantsandtrees.com)
If a rosemary topiary is kept healthy during the holidays, its roots may be sufficient for it to be successfully transplanted from its pot into the garden. (arborgate.com)
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, in Bishopville, South Carolina, is a three-acre garden with a purpose. (gardenconservancy.org)
In July, Mother Nature Network features the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, highlighting Pearl's legacy and broaching the subject of the fate of his garden. (gardenconservancy.org)
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Inc., the 501(c)(3) entity that was intended to manage the garden after Pearl, is dissolved in September. (gardenconservancy.org)
The Martha Stewart Show features a visit to the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden. (gardenconservancy.org)
The Friends of Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden and the Garden Conservancy enlist Lindsey Kerr for a 12-week internship to document maintenance practices in the garden and collect and organize archival material. (gardenconservancy.org)
The Garden Conservancy helps to create and incorporate the Friends of Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden. (gardenconservancy.org)
The Friends group later becomes the nonprofit organization Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Inc. (gardenconservancy.org)
Les Jardins d'Eyrignac is a topiary garden on a huge scale found near Sarlat in the Dordogne department. (northofthedordogne.com)
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Instead of a traditional lampshade, the Topiary lamp shields the bulb behind a giant disc that rotates to allow for either direct or indirect light. (designindaba.com)
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Choose from minimalist, sculptural topiaries or those embellished with plenty of seasonal decorations to get the style you want. (frontgate.com)
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The artist describes The Topiary Cat as "a magical creature with superior powers who is more wise than the mere mortals who behold him. (mymodernmet.com)
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Adorn your porch with top-quality outdoor Christmas urn fillers, topiaries and other Christmas porch decor from Frontgate to boost your holiday curb appeal. (frontgate.com)
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If you wanted to make a large topiary use a 12 inch pot. (craftbits.com)
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This topiary is made of durable polyresin and plastic. (grandinroad.com)
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Buy Your Rosemary Tree Early If your weather is unseasonably warm, or you are lucky enough to see the topiaries within the first day or so of their arrival to the retail store, you may be lucky enough to get a healthy rosemary. (arborgate.com)
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Levens Hall, for example, is the perfect place to visit if you are interested in seeing a large variety of topiary styles. (bellaonline.com)
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The 5′ Christmas Twinkling Topiary is a dazzling display of holiday cheer. (itrush.com)
Holiday Topiary Dinner Napkins Set of 20 Pack of 6 (P/N 76-066). (iwawine.com)
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The book not only features beautiful color photographs of topiary from all over the world, but also explains the history of topiary, how to create your own topiary and how to maintain them. (bellaonline.com)
The strength of this book is the stunning color photographs which showcase the wide variety of ways in which topiary is used around the world. (bellaonline.com)
Topiary Joe, who's building this chicken said, 'Mayor, if you go four more feet, you'll have the largest topiary in the world. (walb.com)
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He started the series just for fun, but his images soon went viral, and some people even believed them to be real topiary. (mymodernmet.com)
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When new growth emerges in spring, it's okay to start pruning the spiral topiary again to maintain the shape. (gardengatemagazine.com)
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This adorable fake topiary is just what it takes to bring a little good-hearted fun to your silk plant collection. (artificialplantsandtrees.com)
Bay laurel tends to grow more slowly in a pot than in the ground, which is good when you're creating a topiary. (arborgate.com)