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 ...

Topiaries give a ordinary houseplants a whole new look. Here is how to transform an ordinary ivy plant into a beautiful topiary. Wire forms are available from most floral stores. Prices can range $7 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Living plants have been trimmed and trained into ornamental shapes since ancient Rome, but topiary has developed a new sense of whimsy over the past few years. No longer limited to living shrubs and ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Ever since this summer, when the Texas heat burned the greenery in my front containers into dust, I've been at a loss as to what to do with the planters. I let these barren ...

One of the oldest forms of garden sculpture is not concrete, metal, wood or glass. It is live and comes from the garden itself: the topiary. Topiaries may have existed as far back as the first century ...