Topiary is one of our specialities at Paramount Plants. We love the formal elegance of this ancient art of pruning plants. Here in our Topiary section, you will find lots of articles on topiary including its history and origins as well as topical subjects such as Ilex Crenata versus Boxwood.
Topiary in Perspective
You might think of topiary plants as uniquely British, but, in fact, the art of training living green sculptures first became popular in the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Historical sources can confirm that topiary art was particularly popular in ancient Rome. It was a close friend of [...]
Niwaki Pruned Cloud Trees - spotlight on Ilex Meserveae Blue Prince (Blue Holly Tree)
Hollies and Pines have always featured in the gardens of Japan, and have long been cultivated for use as Niwaki. Niwaki is the Japanese way of training, pruning and shaping trees to a predefined form, often to reflect some aspect of nature. This can for example involve training trees to resemble the [...]
Niwaki Cloud Trees
Majestic Cloud Trees Niwaki Cloud Trees are amazing, sculpture-like trees pruned and formed using the ancient Japanese art of Niwaki. Niwaki is the Japanese method of cloud pruning e.g. training trees and shrubs over time (generally 20 years plus) into shapes resembling clouds. Cloud Trees are [...]
Cloud Pruned Trees
https://youtu.be/Q8bUizS1pGs Paramount Plants is one of the UK's leading specialist nurseries for Cloud Pruned Trees. These amazing trees are more frequently found in Japan but here in the UK these trees are unusual and exceptional. Our specimen trees are mature and have been beautifully created [...]
Hydrangea Paniculata Tree Form
The lovely Hydrangea Paniculata Vanille Fraise - flowering now (Half Standard Tree Form) Choose from Hydrangea Paniculata Limelight Tree Form or Hydrangea Paniculata Vanille Fraise Tree Form. Buy and plant in June and enjoy the spectacle of these beautiful blooms from July until late autumn. We tend [...]
Elegant Holly Topiary – Dome or Mushroom Shaped Topiary Hollies
Beautiful mushroom shaped variegated topiary hollies, around 1.2 metres in width Topiary comes in all shapes and sizes but one of the most elegant topiary shapes must surely be these dome or mushroom-shaped topiary hollies. These plants are garden showpieces. No wonder this mushroom-effect style [...]