Topiary art is one of the best resources to turn outdoor spaces into authentic works of art thanks to the use of plants to create beautiful ornamental figures capable of surprising anyone.
Circles, squares, cones, silhouettes of animals or people and very creative shapes are just some of the ideas that we can make with this type of pruning, of course, with very specific specimens that allow us to carry it out.
What do the specimens have to be like for topiary pruning? Below in Green Ecology we leave you some of its fundamental characteristics as well as some of the most grateful species in terms of trees and shrubs for topiary pruning.
Characteristics
These are some of the requirements that the specimen must have in order to be used for topiary pruning:
- It should be evergreen, as this guarantees that it will have persistent and green foliage throughout the year (in each season only some leaves die while others remain). The cup, in this way, is never found naked.
- In general, species with compact growth and small leaves are sought, as this way it will have a denser appearance and will allow all kinds of shapes to be traced without leaving unsightly empty holes.
Common Specimens
They must have a minimum size that allows them to be shaped, so small plants are generally dispensed with and large specimens such as trees and shrubs are used directly:
Trees
- privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
- Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
- Ficus benjamina (Ficus benjamina)
- Ficus nitida (Ficus microphylla=Ficus nitida)
- Laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- Leilandi (Cupressocyparis leylandii)
- Pitosporus (Pittosporum tobira)
- Yew (Taxus baccata)
Shrubbery
- Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
- privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
- privet (Ligustrum jonandrum)
- Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)
- Euonymus (Euonymus japonicus)
- Ivy (Hedera helix)
- Laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- Lonicera (Lonicera nitida)
- Myrtle (Myrtus communis)
- Pitosporus (Pittosporum tobira)
- Yew (Taxus baccata)
- Teucrio (Teucrium fruticans)
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