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Article: PLANTS ADD SCULPTURAL INTEREST TO LANDSCAPE.(AT HOME)(Gardening)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- February 22, 1997
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Byline: Lee Cain
Garden sculpture comes in two types - live and inanimate.
The live ones come in two forms - topiary, plantings formed or trained by careful pruning, and natural.Topiaries may be developed over a form, trimmed and groomed as the plant or plants grow.
Or it may be a turgid free-standing plant, usually evergreen, that tolerates close pruning. Taxus, boxwood and hollies are pruned to all sorts of shapes as they grow.
Purists, however, prefer plants that sculpt themselves naturally. Some examples:
The willow family has its share of unusually shaped plants that add interest to the winter landscape without being ...