Quick and Easy Topiary and Green Sculpture: Create Traditional Effects with Fast-Growing Climbers and Wire Frames [Paperback]

Jenny Hendy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 1996

Includes information on the best plants to use for topiary, each evaluated for its approximate growth rate, minimum temperature requirement, watering, and feeding needs.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The design possibilities for topiary sculpture are virtually limitless--only the imagination and some basic skills are needed to produce fanciful, exotic, traditional, or wildly individual designs with living plants. This is the book that tells the beginner how to do it. Supplemented by information on appropriate plants, climate zones, international suppliers of plants, and the needed tools, Hendy's book provides the reader with information on how to train plants to grow on wire frames, create inventive wire frames in all manner of shapes and configurations, choose the appropriate tools and materials needed, and help produce stunning topiary designs in weeks, not months or years. It also offers sound advice on the care and maintenance of your living sculptures to keep them green and healthy for years. It is generously illustrated with more than 300 color photographs showing basic steps and techniques, as well as delightful finished products from gardens and homes around the world. --Mark A. Hetts

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The ease of creating topiary is emphasized in Handy's basic guide to both tabletop varieties and large-scale sculptural forms for the garden, conservatory, or greenhouse. Beginning with step-by-step advice on how to fabricate wire frames, Handy starts small with a simple two-dimensional heart shape, then progresses to more complex forms, such as a three-dimensional peacock made of the common box shrub and a stately cyprus trained as a tall corkscrew ornament for outdoors. Handy addresses problems that may occur and offers tips on general care for all types of topiary. Includes a portfolio of shapes and a directory of plants that notes temperature ranges, cultural requirements, flowering periods, characteristics, and training methods. Alice Joyce

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 4, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882669206
• ISBN-13: 978-0882669205
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #535,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction to Topiary, May 26, 2000

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This review is from: Quick and Easy Topiary and Green Sculpture: Create Traditional Effects with Fast-Growing Climbers and Wire Frames (Paperback)

I found this book exciting and encouraging to a beginner in the wonderful world of topiary. The ideas cover a wide range of shapes and ideas offering ideas for a quick start as well as more complex projects. The instructions are clearly written and easy to follow. The book also includes discussion on the preferable types of plants to use for the various shapes and designs presented. I continue to refer to this book often as I begin new projects.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice informative Book, September 30, 2011

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CHARLES J THIEL (SPOKANE, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Quick and Easy Topiary and Green Sculpture: Create Traditional Effects with Fast-Growing Climbers and Wire Frames (Paperback)

Good book. Wife uses it all the time. She has a green thumb. Her plants are beautiful. Buy one. She says it was helpful and informative.