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 Disney ...

Two standard poodles keep Teresa Bennett company in her York County garden. Black Jack and Red Baron romp while she weeds and follow her around while she walks her yard. Now, the poodles and Bennett ...

Maybe it’s because they often look like cartoon characters or because they make a garden look organized. Whatever their magic, topiaries are popular and have been for some time. Plants shaped to look ...

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Gardening and art become delightfully entwined in the classic forms of ivy topiary, and it is easy enough to grow your own sculpture. Ivy planted in pots can be trained on wire frames in the shapes of ...

Topiaries, plants that are fashioned into decorative shapes, spark the imagination and add an interesting accent to any indoor garden. Formal hearts, hoops, spirals and cones are common shapes, as ...

I HAVE to admit it, I love formal gardens, those with a definite structure, sense of purpose and everything in its place. Clipped box hedges, strong geometry using evergreens shaped carefully into ...

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 different ...