Topiaries

The word topiary refers to the art of training and trimming trees into unique shapes. Season after Season, topiaries remain one of my favorite plants to fill our home with. From lush, full, and round topiaries like live boxwood, to thin and more bare-like olive and herb topiaries. Though hard to keep alive, I enjoy filling our home with any and all forms! I've been receiving some questions about topiaries lately and I thought this would be the perfect time to share the best real and faux…

So fine is the topiary at Cressy Hall in Gosberton — the home of Michael and Janey Hill — that you might think it dates back to the 18th century. Yet it hasall been created over the past 20 years by a former antique dealer with little interest in gardening, as Todd Longstaffe-Gowan explains. Photography by Andrew Sydenham for the Country Life Picture Library.

A few friends of The Topiary Cat have gathered to create a welcoming avenue for recent visitors. www.facebook.com/topiarycat

Save money by learning how to create your own spiral topiary and provide your garden with a focal point that you can be proud of.

Do you think this is a real topiary plant? Would you like to have something like this in your own garden?

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Best tips and practices on how to grow all types of Lavender successfully, even indoors! Lavender topiaries are getting easier to find, even big box stores are carrying them, and the prices are very affordable. Re-pot them into a vintage planter for extra charm, like I did with the vintage zinc buckets. Just make sure you've got adequate drainage and almost anything can become a planter!

The Topiary Cat was becoming lonely and decided to take a walk. Peering over the old wall surrounding his home he discovered a friend. www.facebook.com/topiarycat www.thetopiarycat.co.uk