The best evergreen shrubs for clipping into shapes and simple topiary (plus 3 to avoid!)
See round this beautiful private garden, as head gardener Jim Treby recommends the best shrubs for clipping into sculptural evergreen topiary and low hedges. Box (English boxwood) is the best shrub for topiary, but box blight and box caterpillar moth are damaging box in gardens everywhere. Jim names the three top alternatives to box and how to choose them. He also explains why three plants that are often recommended as alternatives to box may not work for you.
0:14 Box or English boxwood (Buxus sempervirens). The dark purple balls are Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb' (Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb')
0:22 The cone is box (Buxus sempervirens) and the low hedge is Japanese holly (Ilex crenata)
0:28 The lollipop shape is Viburnum tinus
0:33 Box balls on the ground, with viburnum tinus lollipops behind
0:55 Box cones, low hedge is Japanese holly, grey balls are Pittosporum variegatum (Pittosporum tenuifolium variegatum)
1:06 Box cones
2:29 English yew (Taxus baccata)
2:40 English yew (Taxus baccata)
3:00 The high clipped hedge is English yew (Taxus baccata)
3:04 The two columns are Irish yew (Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata')
4:50 Pittosporum (Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Cratus')
5:06 Pittosporum 'Cratus'
5:45 Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
7:27 Japanese holly (Ilex crenata)
8:20 Lollipop shapes behind the box balls are Viburnum tinus
8:44 Clipped conifer hedge is Cypress leylandii (darker green) and Thuja occidentalis (paler green)
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0:14 Box or English boxwood (Buxus sempervirens). The dark purple balls are Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb' (Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb')
0:22 The cone is box (Buxus sempervirens) and the low hedge is Japanese holly (Ilex crenata)
0:28 The lollipop shape is Viburnum tinus
0:33 Box balls on the ground, with viburnum tinus lollipops behind
0:55 Box cones, low hedge is Japanese holly, grey balls are Pittosporum variegatum (Pittosporum tenuifolium variegatum)
1:06 Box cones
2:29 English yew (Taxus baccata)
2:40 English yew (Taxus baccata)
3:00 The high clipped hedge is English yew (Taxus baccata)
3:04 The two columns are Irish yew (Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata')
4:50 Pittosporum (Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Cratus')
5:06 Pittosporum 'Cratus'
5:45 Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
7:27 Japanese holly (Ilex crenata)
8:20 Lollipop shapes behind the box balls are Viburnum tinus
8:44 Clipped conifer hedge is Cypress leylandii (darker green) and Thuja occidentalis (paler green)
For garden ideas, gardening advice, garden design and landscaping ideas for your garden or backyard, subscribe to the Middlesized Garden YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThemiddlesizedgardenCoUk
Whether you love English garden style, cottage gardens or contemporary urban gardening, The Middlesized Garden has gardening advice and garden ideas for you.
Weekly videos cover gardening advice and garden design - from small space gardens to middle-sized garden landscaping - plus garden tours and tips for container gardening.
The Middlesized Garden practices sustainability, wildlife gardening and no till methods. If your garden backyard is smaller than an acre, join us and enjoy your garden even more!
The Middlesized Garden Complete Guide to Garden Privacy is available in Kindle or paperback in 13 countries (in English only). If you'd like your garden to feel more private, click here for availability in your country: https://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/books/the-complete-guide-to-garden-privacy/
#gardening #gardendesign #backyardgarden
For small and middlesized backyards and gardens....
See The Middlesized Garden blog: http://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/
For Amazon storefront see: https://www.amazon.com/shop/themiddle-sizedgarden
Note: links to Amazon are affiliate which means I get a small fee for qualifying purchases. It doesn't affect the price you pay and I only recommend things I use myself or really think you'd like!
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