IMPOSING TOPIARY
Added on: 6th Jul 2015
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.
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