Topiaries, plants that are fashioned into decorative shapes, spark the imagination and add an interesting accent to any indoor garden. Formal hearts, hoops, spirals and cones are common shapes, as ...

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At Barbara’s World, whimsical creatures emerge from a potent blend of imagination, talent, sphagnum moss and fencing wire. They are big and small, and living but not real. They can survive for years ...

The Creative Sisters always have beautiful seasonal decor ideas to share. They create an elegant pumpkin topiary that works indoors or outdoors for the fall season.

Why you want it: The stripey purple leaves on this trailing houseplant make for such a pretty pop of color. This plant prefers full sun—the more light it gets, the more purple you’ll see, according to ...

Topiary was popular long before Edward Scissorhands clipped shrubs into fantastic shapes on the big screen. By the end of the 1st century, wealthy Romans were adorning their gardens with shrubs pruned ...

Santiago Padilla waters the "mama swan" topiary at the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas recently. The display depicts Monet's famous 1900 painting, ``The Water Lily Pond." ...

Indoor gardening is just as fun as having an outdoor garden. In fact, indoor plants not only help clean the environment around them, but they act as a quick decorating tool. July 6, 2010 5:14 pm ...

Rosemary topiaries are extremely popular during the holidays because they are often shaped like Christmas trees.

You’d think that we gardeners would spend the winter months curled up by the fire, perusing seed and bulb catalogs and daydreaming about our gardens in the warmer months ahead. That’s well and good ...