Thuja topiary. Topiary in the garden, do-it-yourself topiary, useful tips. Complex geometric models

The ideal way to show the world your own creativity and assert yourself is to create garden figures and sculptures. You don't have to graduate from art or be an advanced designer to do this. A little fantasy proper care and cutting plants in the near future will provide your garden with a park of exotic animals and green sculptures, vaguely reminiscent of the appearance and forms of the woman you love.

From Gurzuf to Kamchatka, we cut the bushes smoothly

Curly cutting of shrubs and trees, as an art, has its roots in the literal and figurative sense of the Roman Empire. The first element in the form of a cube or ball, cut by the dexterous hands of the gardener, was the godfather of the garden topiary.

Most beautiful garden plots now it is impossible to imagine without original and expressive figures in the form of geometric volumes, architectural structures or funny animals. Today, the fashion for topiary made of flowers or plants is at its peak. But it will take patience and imagination, as well as love and time to master the techniques and techniques of a curly haircut.

The first timid attempts to create something similar in Gurzuf Park were awkward and inexpressive. Something was missing when creating the figures: either the gardener was afraid to cut the excess, or there was not enough wild imagination and the embodiment of his ideas. If you fully possess all these qualities, or seek to acquire them, then given view gardening art for you!

But the imagination of the newly minted topiary gardeners knows no boundaries at the dachas and landscape plots... Today, magnificent figures can be seen not only in the boring parks of the Jurassic Period. How to Become a True Thorian?

Topiary techniques or how to make a green beast

There are several techniques for creating topiary. These are frameless and wireframe technologies.

frameless technique

The frameless technology is based on manual shearing of shrub plants with garden shears. With frameless technology, the accuracy of the haircut and the creation of the required volume depends on the skill and skill of the gardener. With frameless technology, a suitable plant should be selected so that the possibility of an overgrown crown affects the choice of the shape of the desired figure. This largely depends on the type of plant and the density of the foliage, its length and the shape of the leaves. We will tell you that it is preferable to use thuja, boxwood, privet (Ligustrim) and conifers to create a beautiful topiary or hedge.

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Not all plants and shrubs are suitable for creating topiary. These should be plants with tough and fast-growing leaves, such as thuja and boxwood. Thuja is a genus of evergreen conifers and shrubs of small height of the cypress family. There are several types of thuja that are suitable for creating topiary.

Boxwood is also a representative of evergreen shrubs and has about 40 species. Boxwood is a shrub up to 12 m high with leafy shoots. Sessile leaves are different sizes... Boxwood is planted in spring and when rooting, the first shearing of the leaves is carried out. With timely watering and spraying of the shrub, it does not stop the growth of shoots, which provides a dense green crown.

Privet is a genus of shrubs of the olive family and has 40 species.

For sculptures and figures use climbing plants, namely: five-leaved akebia, common ivy, round-leaved wood-nose, triangular and five-leafed maiden grapes. The duration of the green cover is determined by the climate of the area and the plant variety for the topiary with the possibility of wintering.

Useful tips: choosing plants for topiary

For the creation of forms and sculptures with your own hands, it is better to give preference to plants with small leaves, which are able to form replacement shoots throughout the growing season. It is not bad if there are many living dormant buds on the branch, ready for the subsequent growth of foliage. Now it's up to the right choice tool for cutting plants.

haircut tool

The workshop of a real topiary should have a powerful tool in its own arsenal - a tool for cutting foliage. What criteria should be used to select a cutting tool?

For the daily care of figures and shrub sculptures, a minimum set of tools is required, which is represented by sharply sharpened trellis (garden) shears, pruners (straight and side), a delimber and a saw.

Care using the tool involves regular alignment of the crown with cutting off the growing shoots according to the semantic load of the plant. In addition, care involves watering and feeding the plant.

frame technology

Wireframe technique is fundamentally different from curly haircuts.

Having mastered the technique, you can confidently answer the question: "How to make a topiary with your own hands." IN wireframe technology topiary, the technique of filling the frame of the figure with soil mixture and subsequent planting in the frame of vegetation was put.

The process of creating a figure or sculpture consists of the following stages:

Selection of the location of the figure and plant

Wireframe and wireframe creation

Filling the frame with soil mixture

Planting vegetation in a filled frame.

The base of the topiary frame is a homemade or purchased ready-made wire frame. Using the frame, they create complex sculptural forms and tiny table compositions.

Any step-by-step topiary using wireframe technology begins with a wire frame sketch and embodies the idea in a cardboard layout. Layout will allow you to make adjustments to the image of the sculpture and eliminate modeling errors.

skeleton anatomy

The anatomy of the skeleton should match the idea of \u200b\u200bthe figure. We will tell you that if a hare is planned, then the emphasis must be strengthened on long ears, and if it is an elephant, then on the trunk and tail. The long hind legs of a hare are not anatomically suitable for an elephant, and vice versa. There was also a novelty in topiary - animals with lamps.

Imagine a lynx or tiger standing on two hind legs and holding a lamp in the front. Therefore, you will have to transfer all the dynamics of the green beast in the frame.

Then, the wire frame is assembled from the wire, taking into account the possibility of layering until the formation of bulk. At the intersections, the wire is fixed by welding, ensuring the stability of the sculpture. The finished frame is braided with a mesh with cells of no more than 10 mm.

Helpful hints: collecting soil for filling

The soil mixture for the contents of the frame is carefully selected. In one container, mix a mixture of nutrient and soil, consisting of leafy earth, turf and the top layer of peat. Then, finely chopped straw is added to the resulting mass. Due to the presence of straws and moistening of the soil mixture, the latter will not spill out of the frame. Then balls are made from the mixture and placed in a frame container.

How to fill the frame with soil is shown here.

landscaping filling

The final stage in creating a frame topiary is the gardening of the filler. The filler is populated with plants in the order in which they subsequently grow. This means that the "crop" is first planted, and then the lawn. For example, to create an imitation of the skin of a lion, germinated seeds were initially infused into the soil mixture, and then, for the mane, a lawn mixture with long stems.

We will tell you what to start filling the frame with landscaping with small parts - tail, ears, beak and limbs. The planting technology is as follows: in a lump of the mixture with a sharp object, a depression is made to a depth in which seeds or plants with a root will fit.

After such an injection, the groove is closed up and tamped with moss.

Each frame figure is equipped with support posts and platforms, thanks to which the frame, filled with an earth mixture, stably stands in a conditional place.

For the convenience of caring for the structure, a drip irrigation system is thought out and carried out. The tubes are positioned along the frame for even watering, making it easier to care for the original and picturesque object suburban area - for topiary.

If you seriously decided to engage in topiary art, and create several figures with your own hands, then you need to carefully approach the choice of plants for a haircut. It depends on this choice whether you get real topiary figures or not.

For an ideal topiary, the plant must have the following properties

1. High winter hardiness
2. Certain unpretentiousness to growing conditions
3. The ability to release replacement shoots throughout life
4. Slow growth
5. Suitable crown shape

But, unfortunately, there are very few cultures with all the properties at once. Or rather, for each geographic zone it will have its own number and types. For example, in southern latitudes, winter hardiness is not as important as in temperate climates. Accordingly, the number of suitable crops for topiary in the south is greater.

Winter hardiness is the main criterion

So, you have opened the catalog of plants in order to get acquainted with the requirements of some "individuals" flora... If you have not had a chance to live in South America, or at least in Sochi, or in the Crimea, then the first thing you should know about is how a “candidate” in topiary tolerates the winter and what is the minimum temperature he can survive.

In addition, you need to know what is the average minimum temperature in your city, town. You can check the weather archive. Search the internet, there are several sites with weather archives. Select your locality and compare the data for several winters, and then calculate the average temperature.

Or you can look at Wikipedia, finding a description of your city. Now practically in every description of any city in the text there is necessarily a section "Climate", where the average minimum temperature of the area is indicated.

If it turns out that the temperature values \u200b\u200bof your area differ significantly from the temperature regime of the plant itself, then it is better to immediately discard its candidacy and not waste time on further acquaintance with it. Otherwise, having chosen this type for topiary, you can simply lose it in the first winter.

But if you really like some kind, and you do not want to give it up, then try to find people living at about the same latitude as you who are fond of topiary figures (the Internet and forums will help you). What if they already have experience in growing your favorite plant.

Or another option is to create a topiary in a tub so that in especially cold months it can be transferred to an unheated room.

So if temperature regime plants allows you to grow it in your area, you should pay attention to other requirements, such as: lighting, moisture, soil type, feeding, as well as ways of shelter for the winter.

Plant shape

After you have chosen the culture that is suitable for your area, you should decide on the figure that you can give it with the help of a haircut. You need to focus on the very shape of the plant: its height, crown shape, size and shape of leaves, features of shoot growth, the presence of a leading shoot, the possibility of creating a trunk, etc. For example, if a plant has a pronounced cylindrical or conical shape, then it would be unreasonable to make a ball out of it.

For figures with clear edges, as well as for figures with small elements, species with a dense structure and small leaves, whose growth rate is either slow or medium, are suitable. Such species will "keep their shape" well, and due to restrained growth, this shape will last longer, which will allow avoiding frequent haircuts.

For rounded, as well as for various large figures, there are no such strict requirements, therefore, almost any type that tolerates a haircut is suitable for them.

To make it easier for you to decide on the future topiary figure, we have compiled a table in which we indicated which cultures are suitable for one form or another.

Plants for topiary figures table

Possible forms	Plant names
Simple and complex geometric shapes	, European larch, Siberian larch, Thin flaky larch, Thuja western, Common hawthorn, Lily hawthorn, Small-leaved elm, Rough elm, Alpine currant
Stamp forms	Spruce - Canadian, prickly and common, European larch, Siberian larch, Fine-scaled larch, Ugly pear, Siberian and lily apple, Plum, Caragana tree (yellow acacia), Gooseberry needle, Hawthorn and Siberian spine, single Ottawa, Maple - field, Tatar and ginnala, Elm - pinnate and smooth, Manchurian linden
Spherical shapes	Mountain pine,

Huge topiary trees in the garden of Crats Castle (Srathes Castle), Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Topiary (topiary) - decorative figuratively trimmed trees and shrubs. To create topiary, upright evergreen shrubs or shrubs with many small dense leaves or needles are used. Topiary looks very impressive and will always be the center of attention, whether they grow in a garden or are placed in tubs, decorating a patio, entrance or terrace.

TOPIARI HISTORY

Curly planting has its origins in the gardens of the Roman Empire. In the large-scale work of Pliny the Elder Natural history (the most valuable source of information about culture, history and natural science, preserved from the 1st century ancient rome) the merit of creating the first neatly trimmed tree is attributed to Caesar's courtier named Calvena. Topiary plants quickly spread in the atriums of Roman villas, where they were used to create bizarre landscapes of geometric shapes and animals. The gardeners responsible for creating such landscapes were called topiary. With the expansion of the Roman Empire, the plant trimming tradition spread throughout Europe.

Medieval European sources illustrating church life often feature images of neatly trimmed plants and hedges of varying heights that surrounded flower beds and vegetable gardens in the monastery gardens. In the ensuing era of the Italian Renaissance, gardening and landscape art began to flourish. The sophisticated formal designs of the time sought to replicate the ornaments of home tapestries, carpets, engravings and stucco in the garden (read more about this in Garden Styles in History). Topiary was an absolutely integral part of these designs and was widely used to create long walking alleys and labyrinths popular at the time, as tapeworms, as well as endless hedges of various heights that fringed a variety of flower beds and potagers (ornamental vegetable gardens). Examples of such gardens have been perfectly preserved and are still maintained in their original form (for example, Versailles and its many imitations, the gardens of the Hampton Court ensemble in England, and others).

With the flourishing of classicism, the art of topiary began to fade away and fell into complete decline by the middle of the 18th century. The English park style is in vogue, for which topiary is an absolutely alien element, and the artistic shearing of trees and shrubs leaves landscape practice for a whole century. It is curious that at this time in Britain, topiary continued to be cultivated by "ordinary people" in practical and natural cottage gardens, where they were a rather unusual and conspicuous decorative object among vegetables, fruit trees, aromatic herbs and uncomplicated "village" flowers.

In the early 20th century, pragmatic Americans made a simple but very useful invention. They came up with a curly-shaped braided wire frame that is worn over a young plant. In this frame, the shrub grows and develops, and when young shoots begin to go beyond the frame, a haircut is performed along its borders.

Nowadays, the art of topiary has become a classic in garden design and no longer obeys the "fashionable" criterion. In modern informal garden designs, with their naturalness, asymmetry and slight clutter, topiary adds a structuring element and adds eye-catching contrast.

The most popular form of topiary at all times remains, undoubtedly, standard trees and small trees. In the standard culture, not only plants are grown - traditional favorites for topiary, but also any dwarf shrubs. Elegant standard trees are not at all easy to grow and require close attention for several years until they reach the desired condition. This explains their high price in stores.

PLANTS MOST SUITABLE FOR CREATING TOPIARI

SAMSHIT Evergreen (Buchus sempervirens) is an undemanding shrub that grows up to 2 m and more under suitable conditions. Grows well both in the sun and in partial shade. There are variegated forms (Variegata). Boxwood needs haircuts twice a year. In colder climatic zones (zone 5 and further north) it needs a light winter shelter to maintain its decorative appearance. Caution, the plant is poisonous!

PADUB, or holly (Ilekh sp.) - frost-resistant and slow-growing, holly need to be trimmed no more than once a year (which can be both an advantage and a disadvantage of a plant for creating topiary). We wrote about holly in detail in a special article Holly - the plant of January. Additional advantages of holly: tolerates partial shade and even full shade, there are especially beautiful forms with colorful leaves, spectacular berries of red, black or yellow color, there are self-pollinated forms. The difficulties of the work include the fact that the plant is very prickly.

TISS (Tachus sp.) - frost-resistant shrub with dense needles and round red berries that look great against a background of dark greenery. The most popular type used for creating hedges is berry (T. bazzata). There are forms with yellow needles. Yews are renowned for their longevity and stamina: they can grow in full shade and can be transplanted well. The plant grows back rather quickly, so it will take two haircuts a year. Be careful, many parts of the plant are extremely poisonous!

BIRYUCHINA (Ligustrum sp.). A fast-growing shrub that needs regular pruning - a couple of times during the warm season. The most common in Europe b. oval-leaved (L. ovalifolium), called here Hello, in central Russia needs winter shelter when grown in open ground, because it can freeze over. The most cold-resistant type of privet (up to zone 4) - b. ordinary (L. vulgare).

KIZILNIK (Tsotoneaster sp.) - there are both evergreen and deciduous species. Additional attractiveness to the cotoneaster is given by the red berries ripening in autumn, the shades that the leaves of deciduous cotoneaster acquire, as well as the growth features of different species (there are almost recumbent, arched, straight-growing, strongly branching varieties), which can be used for interesting ideas. Many cotoneaster stands are frost-resistant, unpretentious, perfectly tolerate haircuts and grow quickly.

BARBARIS (Berberis spp) - evergreen or deciduous thorny shrubs. Many barberries are very decorative, especially in autumn, when the berries ripen on them, and their leaves acquire a purple color. Barberries are unpretentious, grow well and easily tolerate haircuts.

Laurel noble (Laurus nobilis) and other species - a popular plant for container topiary. The root system of laurel is located high in the soil, so the care of the plant should be carried out carefully and it is advisable to use mulching.

TUYA (Tkhuya sp.) - unpretentious coniferous plant, perfectly lends itself to haircut and grows quickly. A haircut is desirable twice a year.

TSUGA (Tsuga spp) is an evergreen shade-tolerant and fairly winter-hardy tree from the pine family.

Weeping forms IVA (Salih integra, etc.) are especially suitable for creating a standard form.

OLIVA (Olea europaea) - this plant is extremely fashionable lately. Usually grown as a trunk. Cold hardiness - from zone 7, in cold regions the plant should winter in a cool room. In addition, the plant is hardy, drought-resistant and not difficult to care for.

HOW TO CREATE TOPIARI

Topiary making is a fun and creative activity that requires a clear vision, a steady hand, as well as patience, time and work. Complex, sophisticated forms and large plant specimens usually require many years of careful work by an experienced professional topiary gardener. However, simple forms are quite within the power of enthusiastic amateurs, provided that good tool, time, patience and accuracy. You can also make it easier for yourself by using the special metal frames mentioned above, which are available in garden centers.
If you really want to decorate a garden or house with a green figure, but there is no way to create a real topiary, try to cheat. Plant an ivy (Hedera spp) or other climbing plant with small leaves in a pot and set metal carcass the desired shape. Under favorable conditions, ivy literally in one season will wrap around the frame and begin to resemble an elegant topiary plant.

If you are a beginner topiary, then let one of the simplest forms of topiary be your first masterpiece - a hemisphere, a cone or a cube. Having practiced on simple forms, you can more confidently proceed to more difficult options spirals, as well as artistic or multi-piece figures. When growing topiary in tubs, you should pay attention to the combination of container and plant shape. So, rounded topiary (balls, hemispheres) look better in square tubs, while cone-shaped ones - in ordinary straight ones.

Well-rooted, strong and healthy plants are suitable for creating topiary. Start with small haircuts, carefully shaping the crown of the plant and gradually approaching the intended look.

One of the popular trends in modern landscape design - topiary art. Topiary is geometric figures and sculptures from a similar way of decorating the landscape was born in ancient Rome.

From trees and shrubs, craftsmen create topiary figures in the form of balls, cubes, people and animals. Unusual creations allow you to make the garden different from others, lively and interesting.

Varieties

The art of creating sculptures from plants is diverse in technique and style. There are two types of topiary figures:

• traditional;
• wireframe.

The traditional technique is a finished tree that is sheared into shape. Simple shapes for the garden (cubes, balls, cones) can be created by simple cropping by eye, without using other materials. Complex structures are obtained using a metal frame of a certain shape, dug into the ground near the plant. When the tree grows up and starts to go beyond the borders of the frame, it is pruned, and as a result, the desired figure is obtained.

Wireframe technology is more painstaking in nature. It differs from the traditional one by the presence of a special metal frame in which a tree or shrub is grown. A frame is pre-made, soil is placed in it for planting. Then the crop is planted. She, growing up, fills the frame. The branches that go beyond it are cut off. The plant is looked after by regularly watering and trimming.

Plants

Not every plant can be used to create a green sculpture. A suitable one must have the following characteristics:

• resistance to winter frost;
• unpretentiousness to growing conditions;
• the presence of replacement shoots;
• specific crown shape;
• slow growth.

Plants differ in these properties:

• western thuja;
• ordinary spruce;
• small-leaved elm;
• the cotoneaster is brilliant.

Of course, 3D shapes can also be created from other plants. And the named cultures are most suitable for climatic conditions middle band Russia.

Nowadays, many owners of their own garden plots use topiary landscaping. Step by step descriptions We will consider creating shapes later.

Wireframe method

The required frame can be made from 2-3 mm wire or purchased at a special store. The finished frame has gaps for penetration inside. There is a cover at the top for access to the inside of the sculpture, so that it is convenient to fill it with earthen substrate or moss. By the way, before filling, the moss is soaked in water for about 30 minutes.

When filling the frame with a substrate, you need to make holes where climbing plants, herbs or succulents are planted. For this, the following are perfect:

• ivy;
• grapes;
• stone rose;
• loosestrife;
• saxifrage.

Creating a topiary from climbing crops, plants with a lump of earth are transplanted from a plastic container into a metal frame, and the shoots are distributed on a rack and secured with clips. To facilitate large topiary figures, bags with foam balls are placed inside.

Caring for the topiary, it is watered, trimmed, pinched. For the winter, the figure is brought into a cool room or simply covered with a warm box.

Express topiary

Experts simplified the process of creating a topiary and proposed the following scheme:

1. In the spring, climbing plants (ivy, hops, grapes) are planted in the ground.
2. A frame is installed over the landings.
3. As the plants grow, their branches are distributed over the frame, fixed and pruned.
4. By the end of summer, the skeleton of the frame will be completely covered with green shoots.
5. Further care consists in watering and pruning the plants.

Classic technology

To create a topiary using traditional technology, you will need a lot of patience, imagination, as well as the presence of a sharp garden tool.

Better to start with the simplest geometric shapes: ball, cone, cube. Plants are best cut in March-April or summer. It is not recommended to cut a haircut in autumn; it will undermine the plant before winter.

The scheme for creating a figure is as follows:

1. An adult shrub or tree with powerful roots and a lush crown is selected. It can be spruce, hawthorn, blackberry.
2. A shape is drawn on the earth's surface under a tree, for example a square, if a topiary figure is created in the form of a cube.
3. Rails or sticks are placed in the corners of the square and fastened with planks. This will be a rough outline.
4. They cut the plant with trellis shears, giving an approximate outline. It is better to start from the top, then process the sides.
5. Check the sides for evenness and gradually trim them.
6. Small protruding branches are trimmed with pruning shears.

This is how simple shapes for the garden are created.

Complex geometric models

The ball is considered a complex figure in topiary art. It can be obtained from a cube by trimming its edges. Best suited for this purpose: thuja, barberry, yew, boxwood and other plants. So, for example, you can create a topiary figure "Globe" using plants that differ in shades of green.

The cylindrical outlines are obtained from western thuja, larch, irgi, linden. To get such a figure, adhere to the following scheme:

1. A circle is drawn on the ground.
2. Set stakes made of wood.
3. Shear out the cylinder.

To create a cone-shaped figure, three poles are dug in and fastened at an imaginary top.

Traditional technology using a framework

When creating topiary figures, the frame can be used to simplify the process of cutting the desired shapes from plants. This requires a removable metal frame, which is installed over the wood. This technique is usually used by beginner topiary.

The plant develops in a mesh frame, and the master only needs to cut off the stray branches. Once the crown is formed, the frame is removed. However, this is not always easy to do, often the tree grows together with its "frame". It is necessary to remove the frame very carefully so as not to damage the crown.

Artificial topiary

Not everyone can create natural topiary. Topiary figures are a great alternative to them; their advantages are obvious:

The process of caring for artificial figures implies regular cleaning of dust and snow.

The elements of the figure are fixed on a wire frame. Imitated leaves and green fabric are used. The fantasy of the master in this case is not limited to anything. You can install such a creation outdoors or indoors.

The art of topiary is extraordinarily diverse and attractive. No wonder it is gaining more and more fans. Starting with green potted figurines, you can move on to real garden masterpieces.

Topiary is the transformation of trees and shrubs into large shapes various shapes... To create a masterpiece on your own on the first try is an impossible task. Looking at the photo of the topiary, you can immediately understand the complexity of mastering the skill. It will take a lot of time to master this skill, but the result will pay off the effort expended with interest.

Application

Topiary brings order and a sense of serenity to gardens, and is used in the design of the classic approach. It is recommended to apply symmetrically, as they form ideal lines in the frame of the garden.

If you want the instruction to please you in winter period, then choose evergreens for landscaping. Green topiary figures, framed by a snow cap, transform your yard into a fabulous landscape.

Planting is allowed not only in open groundbut also in large containers and pots. But only certain plants are suitable for this, for example:

• thuja bushes;
• boxwood.

They allow you to form the perfect shape of the shape, for example, a ball or a cone.

Plant selection

When forming a list of necessary plants, you should consider your preferences.

Plants from the conifer family are considered the most popular, since it is easier for them to give a certain shape, which lasts a long time and special care conditions.

Main types:

• western thuja;
• common juniper;
• prickly spruce;
• cossack juniper.

Deciduous plants:

• holly magnolia;
• red barberry;
• hawthorn bushes;
• common honeysuckle.

For a grandiose figure, a rough elm or linden is planted. They attract not only aesthetic appearancebut also emit wonderful flavorsbeneficial to health.

Technique without frame

This technique is based on manual shearing of shrubs with ordinary garden shears or pruners. Here one of the main roles is played by the art of a topiary of a specialist, and his ability to correctly and measuredly trim plants.

The next important step is to choose suitable plant with a well-growing crown, in order to be able to change shape to the desired result. The shape of the leaves, their length, the density of the vegetation - everything matters.

Advice for beginner gardeners - Conifers and deciduous trees, such as thuja, boxwood bushes, privet, are a convenient option.

The progress of the frame topiary

It is not difficult to get the job done, but it will take a long time to complete. Let's describe the progress in detail:

Decide on the shape of the topiary, it should fit into the overall design of the garden and be practical.

Basic forms:

• geometric shapes (ball, pyramid, square, cube and others);
• fairy-tale heroes;
• figures of various animals and birds.

Create a metal frame for topiary made of wire, preferably steel, and fasten it by welding or special ties.

Pour out the base, in this case chernozem with nutrients, adding a resinous substance for viscosity. Add water.

Fasten with a steel mesh so that the structure is stable and the earth does not spill out. Spray water onto the structure.

Add earth, sprinkle with water. The mixture should turn out to be viscous and not go beyond the frame. Remove excess layers of earth with a trowel. Make sure that there are no gaps, otherwise everything will fall apart.

Sow the soil with seeds. Combine flower seeds and herbs for the best effect.

There is a long process of caring for the plants. Water only with a watering can, so as not to spoil the structure.

Tools

It is not necessary to have the most sophisticated tools in your arsenal, the most classic and simple ones are enough. The most common set includes:

• Gardening scissors;
• Trellis scissors;
• Regular secateurs;
• Lopper;
• Wooden slats.

It is worth putting in patience and imagination, and you get a masterpiece. You should not immediately tackle a complex figure, for a start, get your hand on simple shapes.

Even simple, but voluminous figures in the process of forming mastery can be converted into more complex ones. Transform the cube into a ball shape by means of certain manipulations and actions.

Filler landscaping process

The last, final stage in creating a topiary in the garden with your own hands. Sowing the structure is in the order in which the plants will grow. Flowers first, then lawn grass.

Consider an example of planting a lion-shaped topiary:

• The first to be planted is the "lion's skin", which is planted with flowers;
• "Mane" - add lawn grass, which is decorated with long stems;
• Small figure details. Tail, ears, paws, muzzle;
• Depressions are made in the soil with a sharp object, sending seeds or already rooted plants into them;
• Seal the holes and cover with moss;
• It is advisable to install supports for each figure so that the structure does not collapse;
• Watering can be done either manually with a watering can or a special irrigation system can be used.

The process of choosing plants, various planting schemes - gives a wide flight for your imagination in the manufacture of topiary. But don't forget that summer isn't all year round, and in winter everything can die if you do not take care of insulation. It will take a lot of time and effort to master this skill, but the result is worth it.

Photo of topiary in the garden with your own hands