Much contemporary topiary harks back to the conservative French tradition of obelisks and box balls, but there have been some genuine innovations. Perhaps the most striking is cloud pruning, the Far ...

“You don’t want to spend £50 on a shrub then be scared of making a mess of it,” says Seabrook, who is a member of EBTS (the European Boxwood and Topiary Society). EBTS often uses Monterey ...