Hedge art
You thought gardening is boring? You guessed wrong! Here are some of the most beautiful forms you can make. In these pics you will see that even some characters from ancient Indian stories can be shaped.
Hedges, both clipped and unclipped, are often used as ornament in the layout of gardens. Typical woody plants for clipped hedges include privet, hawthorn, beech, yew, leyland cypress, hemlock, arborvitae, barberry, box, holly, oleander, lavender, etc. An early 20th century fashion was for tapestry hedges, using a mix of golden, green and glaucous dwarf conifers, or beech and copper beech. Unclipped hedges take up more space, generally at a premium in modern gardens, but compensate by flowering. Rosa multiflora is widely used as a dense hedge along median (central) strips of dual-carriageway roads, such as parkways in the United States. In mild climates, more exotic flowering hedges are formed, using Ceanothus, Hibiscus or Camellia.
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November 28th, 2008 at 2:39 PM
very nice art
November 29th, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Nice pics. Most of those are done with vines. They are actually called Topiaries
November 29th, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Awesome
November 29th, 2008 at 6:56 PM
the dragon one is in Vietnam. I was surprised seeing it here.
November 30th, 2008 at 4:40 AM
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November 30th, 2008 at 7:51 PM
WOW I haven’t seen somehting this dull for ages… thanks very much
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Are the elephants from Brighton, UK?
December 6th, 2008 at 1:03 AM
yeah, i think so… i thought i saw them there…
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Not bad at all. Gotta love the green.
January 18th, 2009 at 3:43 AM
Very nice. Creativity at its best.
June 6th, 2009 at 9:13 PM
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September 1st, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Good Pictures