Add Topiary to Your Garden
Informational sites about the issues that concern our family!
Add Topiary to Your Garden
If you want to add a unique touch to your landscape, add topiary to your garden. Topiary is a plant that has been shaped into a geometric form. These creations can be interesting and lots of fun to create and maintain.
To add topiary to your garden, you can prune an existing shrub into a unique shape or you can create a sphagnum moss filled wire frame and plant plugs in it. For a first project, it is best to start with an existing plant and develop the wire frame topiaries as you learn more about this gardening art. If you choose to use an existing plant, select a juniper, boxwood, arborvitae, yew, myrtle or fig that will lush and has no large gaps. A simple topiary to create is a spiral shape made from an existing shrub. Wind a length of ribbon in a spiral pattern around the plant, making sure the circle are about 18 to 24 inches apart. Using the ribbon as a guide and leaving two inches on each side of the ribbon, prune the remaining foliage all the way to the trunk of the plant. You'll need really sharp pruning shears to do this easily. Other easy topiary shapes to add to your garden are triangles, spheres, pompoms or squares. Choose a plant that has sufficient growth to lend itself well to the shape you select. Place tape on the plant if you wish to help as a pruning guide for cutting. Then start pruning away the parts of the plant that are outside the desired shape. Once you have the shape you desire, you'll need to trim your topiary as new growth appears. Usually once every two weeks or once a month will be the pruning schedule. Don't let the topiary become overgrown or you will lose the original shape. Maintenance is simple because each pruning will require removal of only a little foliage. If you have patience, you'll find that once you add topiary to your garden, the plant will fill in and look wonderful. You'll get lots of compliments from your friends. If you find that you really enjoy creating topiary, you might want to try your hand at creating an indoor topiary. Use the same process but select an indoor specimen that is lush and thick. Then prune it into shape and maintain it using the same techniques.
More Gardening ArticlesTake up the Hobby of Gardening
You want to pick up a new hobby but you cant decide which one to consider? Well, here is an idea for you! Take up gardening! It is one of the best cure-alls for the mind and will enable you to pick up...
Add Garden Color with Crotons
If you want to add outdoor garden color, crotons are a great selection if you live in moderate climates. These beautiful, colorful plants can be grown in containers everywhere but will reach their optimal...
The Most Special Rose Gardens
Have you ever noticed old men working in their rose gardens? If you have then you have likely noticed him carrying a few roses inside from time to time. One of the most romantic things in the world is...
Water Garden Plants
Water garden plants can be a blessing if you have an area in your landscape that is always wet or marsh-like. You might also want to know about these plants if you are planning on adding a water feature...
Composting for Your Garden
If you want to have rich, dark soil to enrich your garden's existing soil mixture, try composting for your garden. By creating a compost pile or container in your back yard, you can get rid of lots of...
| Gardening |
