IMPOSING TOPIARY

No one has identified the first topiary with certainty.

However, they have found early pictures of topiaries

on the walls of ancient Roman tombs. Moreover, evidence

shows that ancient China was also involved in topiary art.

THIS TOPIARY CHAMELEON HAS BEEN CREATED OUT

OF ECHEVERIA AND ALTERNANTHERA PLANTS.

TOPIARY WAS ESPECIALLY POPULAR IN GARDENS OF

THE WEALTHY DURING EARLY ROMAN TIMES ALL THE WAY

TO THE 18TH CENTURY. TODAY, TOPIARY CAN BE FOUND IN

OUTDOOR PUBLIC GARDENS AND EVEN SOME HOME GARDENS.

COMBINED WITH WATER, TOPIARIES CAN TURN INTO

INCREDIBLY LIVELY OBJECTS SUCH AS THIS CUTE

MINI-WATERFALL.

THE MOST ELABORATE OF TOPIARIES CAN TAKE GARDENERS

YEARS OF HARD WORK. THIS TOPIARY ARTIST HAS SPENT

TEN YEARS SCULPTING HIS HEDGE INTO A GIANT

100FT-LONG DRAGON.

GARDEN POND WITH TOPIARY DOLPHINS RIDING A

WATER SPRAY FOUNTAIN IN THE OLYMPIC GARDEN,

BEIJING, CHINA.

TOPIARIES ARE OFTEN COMBINED WITH REGULAR

BLOOMING FLOWERS TO MAKE THE FINAL CREATION

MORE VIVID AND COLOURFUL.

THE MOST IMPRESSIVE TOPIARIES CAN BE SEEN AT

THE MOSAÏCULTURES INTERNATIONALES DE MONTRÉAL –

AN ART FESTIVAL CREATED IN 1998 TO PROMOTE

GARDENING AND HORTICULTURE.