Once upon a time, European Renaissance gardeners spent months upon months carefully pruning and shaping foliage into the geometric shapes, swirling spirals and life-size animals of traditional topiary ...

Topiaries give a ordinary houseplants a whole new look. Here is how to transform an ordinary ivy plant into a beautiful topiary. Wire forms are available from most floral stores. Prices can range $7 ...

Stuck for a summer project? How about an enormous squirrel in the front garden? Maybe a Box hedge dragon? Head Gardener at Powerscourt, Alex Slazenger says topiary also has its more elegant side, and ...

When I think of topiary, I think of Disneyland and whimsical cartoon characters reproduced as perfectly clipped plants. In fact, Walt Disney did much to acquaint many of us with topiary, an ancient ...