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• The Langley Times • Thursday, June 13, 2013
How to create impressive topiary
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Geometric shapes
Accurate cutting is the key to maintaining a nicely defined shape and that is best achieved by creating a framework guide to follow. Set the required shape with the aid of taut strings held between canes or build a frame made from strips of wood. Place the frame over the plant and cut off all
protruding shoots. It’s so easy to create a whole range of shapes, from a straightforward cube to a sphere or a pyramid.
Standard trees
Even standard trees and plants can be trimmed to make
them a feature of your garden. Tub plants are particularly suitable for geometric standard shapes.
Fancy shapes
The best way to make fancy shapes such as animals is to construct a wire netting
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Making a statement in any garden, topiary is a truly green art. Whether you want to draw the eye to a specific area, create some distinctive definition or simply have some fun, you can consider a topiary shape or figure as a piece of living architecture. To create topiary shapes it’s best to choose densely growing, typically evergreen species such as box or yew. Thick branches, branching into finer and finer twigs form the main lines of the finished shape. To train the branches in the right direction, fasten the flexible twigs with wire.
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