THE MODERN MINT BLOG
The Impact Of Not Clipping Your Topiary Or Hedges This question has been on my mind recently, as we appear …
Top Tips For Topiary – Writing For The EBTS
Top Tips For Topiary – my blog about pruning for the European Boxwood And Topiary Society, is now up on their website and ready to be absorbed by you wonderful pruners! I’ve also written them a long piece on the Best Plants for Topiary. Wow. I have been busy in lockdown…. And as if that isn’t enough (it is more than enough really, but somehow I’m going to force more down you…) here below are more top tips for topiary. Bonus tips, if you like… Go visit the EBTS website for the original post, or read on below to get …
How To Combat Boxwood Caterpillar
Boxwood Caterpillar is here again! For ideas in the easiest way to deal with it, read on below… and please do share with your keen gardening friends and horticultural societies, so that everyone can keep an eye out for these pesky leaf muchers! If you need help with your topiary, go here.
Topiary Design: Thinking About Pruning
Topiary design is something I think about a lot. Well I would, what with being a topiary artist who makes and maintains topiary, hedges and shrubs throughout the year. Topiary Design I am still searching for a way to share with you why I prune certain plants a certain way. The easiest answer for me to give is – “because pruning it that way is what it needs. That is just what the plant told me to do.” But let’s face it, that is of no use to you. Firstly because it gives you nothing specific or tangible to start …