How to Use topiary in a Sentence

topiary

1 of 2 noun

• Stack them from largest to smallest to make a topiary.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
• To keep its curvy shape, a spiral topiary needs to be pruned at least twice a year.
  — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
• Link two wreaths together to form a topiary-like look on your front door.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
• These topiary trees and shrubs are easy to grow and shape into living works of art.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
• In this front yard, urns and planters make perfect bases for pumpkin topiaries.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
• For the walnut topiary, start with a middle equator row and add rows up and down from there.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
• It can be closely sheared to create formal hedges or topiary shapes.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
• Waxleaf privet is one of the easiest care topiary trees.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
• These trees stand up well to trimming and can be made into whimsical topiary plants.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2022
• Get started today with these surefire topiary trees and shrubs.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
• The patio is a great refuge with its white tables set off by topiary, shrubbery, flowers and trees.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Post-Tribune, 9 July 2018
• One day Howland tied up a patch of wild grass, creating a makeshift topiary.
  — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• Young rosemary takes well to shaping, so now is the time to trim and shape it into a topiary or hedge if desired.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
• Shaping topiary trees and flowering shrubs is part art and part science.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
• Rounding out the look are ribbons and ornaments on the topiaries.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 29 Aug. 2023
• Transition the topiaries into the fall season with this next pick.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2023
• The models walked down the runway like human topiaries, the sounds of leaves brushing against their legs and rustling from their strides.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019
• Rosemary's natural shape is scraggly and wild, but it can be clipped into a hedge or topiary.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
• But his property would surely have the world's most amazing topiaries.
  — Alexandra Marshall, Town & Country, 2 May 2016
• Sharpen up the appearance of your front entrance with a pair of matching topiaries.
  — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 2 May 2026
• Sure, the topiaries are impressive and the floral displays are as vivid as ever.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
• Rosemary can also be pruned as a topiary, allowing for many unique shapes to accent the herb garden.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
• No assembly is required and the topiary includes a black nursery planter.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
• Poke a stick into bottom of topiary, and insert into floral foam; cover foam with moss.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2023
• Loropetalum tolerates heavy pruning to shape topiary, hedges, or bonsai.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
• The potted plant makes a charming topiary or mini Christmas tree.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2025
• Visitors are greeted by the giant Goofy topiary in the front bed near the theme park’s entrance this year.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• Jim Puckett’s idea to bring more people to his city was to build a 62-foot topiary in the shape of a chicken.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• Fitzgerald city leaders voted Monday night to clip plans to finish what would have been the world’s largest topiary.
  — Matt Kempner, ajc, 13 June 2023
• Local artist Edna Harper has turned her front yard into a topiary.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023

topiary

2 of 2 adjective

• Don’t even ask about the town zoo, the slaughterhouse, the topiary maze.
  — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 4 June 2021
• Due to its large leaves, waxleaf privet is best suited to large topiary sculptures.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
• With deep green and silver leaves, this non-fruiting olive tree can be coaxed into a hedge or this very proper looking topiary shape.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2020
• Myrtle can be shaped into a multitude of topiary forms—from orbs to pyramids to pompom trees.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
• There’s also a playground, a yew maze, Rose Garden, and topiary chess set.
  — Ellen Scolnic, Philly.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• One of the hardiest topiary-friendly shrubs, evergreen juniper is available in a wide range of colors and growth habits.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
• Later in the season, Coburn will create a second topiary art piece, and a new crop of flowers known as stock will come into bloom.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022
• In any case, topiary lends itself more to bold shapes than to intricate designs whose details are swallowed up between prunings.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2019
• Often grown in topiary form, hibiscus' massive blooms and hot colors set a tropical tone all summer long.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
• Proud parades of topiary yews, surely once immaculate, have gone slightly shaggy.
  — David Usborne, Town & Country, 29 May 2018
• Keep it simple with topiary boxwood in classic terra-cotta containers.
  — Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2021
• The home's aesthetic even extends to the laundry room, where Young covered the walls in a blue-and-white wallpaper and hung topiary art prints, both from the shop.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 23 June 2021
• And now that shrubbery sculpting season is at its height, Petricka also shares top tips for any beginner wanting to try their hand at topiary art.
  — Nancy Ngo, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
• Most young topiary plants that are still in their formative stage need nothing more than frequent shearing or clipping off of the ends of stems in order to encourage dense branching.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2019
• Keep it simple and elegant with topiary boxwoods in classic terra-cotta containers.
  — Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
• An urban garden boasts a topiary rendition of Georges Seurat’s most famous painting.
  — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 13 May 2026
• Remy, the lead rat in the film, popped up in topiary form at Epcot this spring, but Disney hasn’t given a specific time frame for park guests to experience the new area or ride.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2020
• The vintage bamboo hook from Ellan's Relics on Etsy and rustic topiary pots from Terrain help pull it all together.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 8 June 2021
• Blue skies and balmy temperatures greeted attendees to the market, which featured produce, perennial flowers and topiary plants, among other offerings.
  — Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2019
• The posh space, 8,000 square feet, boasts sleek décor, including sparkling chandeliers, antique mirrors, topiary wallpaper, pops of green and brass, and rattan accents.
  — Marcy De Luna, Chron, 21 Oct. 2020
• His 1950s-era triplex is camouflaged by noirish vegetation — giant birds of paradise, fan palms, topiary bushes chain-sawed into vaguely menacing amoebic forms.
  — Peter Haldeman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019