It is an art of training plants into different ornamental shapes like birds, animals, domes etc. -

Topiary is an art of training plants into different ornamental shapes like birds, animals, domes, etc

Key Points

• Topiary is the horticultural art of clipping and training shrubs or trees into ornamental shapes and sculptures.
• A good topiary plant must be amenable for repeated pruning, flexible, and more vegetative growth.
• Best examples:
  • For hills: Cupressus macrocarpa, Pinus patula
  • For plains: Casuarina sp., Bougainvillea sp, Clerodendra sp.,

Additional Information

• Pergola is an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars.
• Pergolas are designed to add shade to the backyard or in the garden passage.