Q. I’m seeing all these cute little potted Christmas trees in the garden centers and was considering buying a few. How do I care for them? Can they be planted outside here? Some of the most common ...

What’s in a trend? In the case of topiaries, it seems to be a mixture of their classical look, the lure of indoor gardening in winter, and increasingly refined taste in plants. Plus a pinch of Disney.

Ken Selody, of Atlock Farm, planned to be Texas-bound in April. “If I drove my van full of topiary through Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas,” Selody, who is based in New Jersey, asked on Instagram, “are ...

Locally, the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe offers the best place to fall in love with topiary. A camel covered in needle vine (Ceropegia depilis), a donkey blanketed in emerald carpet (Rubus ...

Designer Christina Nielsen transformed a Brooklyn backyard into a sitting garden using stone pavers set in gravel. Greenery encompasses the entire space from the fencing to the surrounding potted ...

One of the oldest forms of garden sculpture is not concrete, metal, wood or glass. It is live and comes from the garden itself: the topiary. Topiaries may have existed as far back as the first century ...