Conifer Pruning and Topiary Shapes
August 7th, 2010
Conifers can be kept neat and tidy by regular pruning. Equally Conifers can become feature plants with there own personalities.
Spiral Pruning
- Interesting patterns and shapes can also be created like this double spiral.
- Two conifer types were used the low growing ball shaped shrubs to make the spiral at ground level. Abies balsamea ‘Hudsonia’ is a bun shaped, slow growing conifer.
- The tall spiral was cut into a Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Columnaris’ which can grow to 20′ high. Golden Ye