Topiaries

What is it about topiaries that I love so much?  As I was trimming and applying plant food to our potted garden plants, I realized that the majority of them are topiaries. I thought I would share a few pictures and try to figure that question out for myself.   So here goes…

 

I love the spiral topiary on the left.  It didn’t always look this way.  We bought it at season’s end, years ago at Costco.  It was a very scrawny looking plant…I remember my husband saying that he didn’t think it would make it.  The topiary on the left is a new addition….I love the urn and the topiary form…..give it a few months, it will be beautiful too.  Here is another favorite…

…. I adore the cone shaped topiary with the bird on top!  This one is planted with creeping fig. 

And…..this cute olive tree topiary…

…was purchased on a mini-vacation.  My husband and I frequent nurseries:) 

And…here is one of my oldest….

…she has been in my life for over 15 years.  She is due for a new pot very soon.

Here are two more…. The one on the right is a topiary with  a new form and ivy plant added on top!  I know…it is an obsession:)

I know this because… I even like the forms without the plants!

I think the quote from Mirabel Osler explains it best for me….There can be no other occupation like *gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.  I would just add the word “*topiary” in her quote.

And…before I close this posting… a flower for you:)!

Have a great day, everyone!