Topiary plants

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…

Whether you're a seasoned gardener or a novice still developing your green thumb, topiary is a year-round plant you'll want to master.

I want to show you how to make a faux topiary that looks real. I love real ones, but struggle to keep them alive. Read on if that's you too!

Topiary is the art of shaping plants. For beginners like us, we try and keep the shapes simple. More advanced topiary artists are capable of…

ANDREW STARK on Instagram: "Here I’m turning 8 old and shaggy common rosemary bushes into lovely dome shaped topiary specimens … A good feed and a dose of spring weather will have these looking 💯 in no time #rosemary #rosemaryplant #topiary #topiarygarden #andrewstarkgardens"

Gardening expert Andrew Beckman shows how to fashion an ivy topiary.

Topiary King on Instagram: "Spiral topiary maintenance Plant: Spartan Juniper #topiaryking #topiary #spiraltopiary #spartanjuniper #gardenmaintenance"

Brenton Roberts on Instagram: "So satisfying cleaning up the prostrate Rosemary on the front bank. I’ve tried to give it a wave shape in keeping with my the English box balls. Tapping into a little @willgibsongardens on this one #landscaping #gardendesign #art #trimming #topiary #hedges #raybrodiecottage #plantchoice #plants #garten #jardin"