Wire forms that fit over a plant guide your pruners and become unnoticeable with time. Two-dimensional topiary forms, such as hearts and balls, let you train stems to create an outline of the shape.

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 ...

You can’t get much more fun than the new flamingo topiary forms that Alison Courtney, of Timber Creek/SummerWinds garden center in Ellisville, Mo., stuffs with tiny pink plants.

Topiary on the table Plants: Pruned and shaped, these small ‘trees’ lend an air of elegance to the holiday home.

Topiary is the art of shaping plants, by careful pruning or shearing, into various forms or objects, from geometrics to animals.

To plant your own simple topiary for a table decoration or outside display, stuff the form of your choice with sphagnum moss soaked in water until saturated.

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 ...

To plant your own simple topiary for a table decoration or outside display, stuff the form of your choice with sphagnum moss soaked in water until it’s saturated.

Creating topiary from scratch can be a long business, so he bought in ready-topiarised box ball specimens and had them clipped into their present, cloud-pruned form. “It’s wonderful.

The popularity of cloud-pruned hedges has spawned demand for a more diminutive form too – sculpted organic shapes, which are now the most popular topiary at the nursery after perennially popular ...