Topiary
Through out time one of mans greatest ambitions has been to control nature. Across the world, the Topiary trend has gotten stronger and stronger. It made a resurgence in Australia about ten years ago when a huge range of compact forms of Lilly ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Best Plants for Topiary
Australian native lilly pillys are becoming very popular for hedging and general ornamental use. They produce flowers and attractive berries as well as interesting foliage, so many garden designers are using them as an alternative to box. ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Best Topiary Plants
Geoff Howard, from The Topiarist in Gembrook, Victoria specialises in topiaries grown from Buxus or Box hedge. His recommendations are : This is ideally suited to internal courtyard gardens because it doesn't have the rancid smell associated with ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Formal Domestic Design
The owners of this property did not want deciduous trees dropping leaves, and they didn't want to spend a lot of time sweeping. Instead they chose a garden in the modern formal style, which makes good use of a number of elements: hedges, topiary, ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Absolutely Topiary
Topiary is a fascinating gardening activity where people can create all sorts of animals, birds and shapes in the backyard. Anthony Cabret is a master of topiary who can transform amorphous blobs of trees into artworks, like his model titanic ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Lilly Pilly Psyllids
Lilly pillies are tremendously popular in Australian gardens, particularly for hedging and topiary. In fact, these Australian natives are often planted as hedges instead of box. However, there is one thing you should be aware of before you put in ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Best Lilly Pilly Varieties
The lilly pilly is one of the most popular plants in Australia today, particularly for hedging and topiary. Lilly pillies are evergreen rainforest plants with glossy green leaves. Many varieties have flushes of colourful new growth, ranging from ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
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