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Re: topiary

Hello Katy,
    The clipped evergreens have been around for 10 to 12 years now, best I can remember. Usually seen in landscaping of  new, upscale, subdivisions in the area. Around the style is referred to as "poodle cuts". (Usually with a snort of distain)
    The jump from $25 to $100 for the poodle cut is for labor.... takes initial shaping and then the maintenance to keep the shrub shaped that way each and every clip with someone who knows what they are doing.. one shrub at a time. Wait until the fall 50% off sale that is used to clear out inventory if price is a concern. Truck loads are usually brought in just for the "sales".
    Landscape maintenance people love these... you will have them back once or twice a year just to clip and trip your poodle shrubs. High maintenance shrubs.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
g*@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
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From: K*@aol.com
Over the last few weeks we have spent a large number of hours in Home Depot and Lowes etc (we moved and have a whole lot of stuff to correct in the 'new' house).  Of course in the excursions I wandered into the nursery dept. 
 
Simple arborvitae topiary things everywhere - pompoms and swirls etc, all selling for close to $100 a piece when the un-tinckered ones were $25. I also noticed topiary greenery in the front of many small businesses.   I am not sure if this is an east coast trend or nationwide, but the big box stores generally are the same across the nation.  So, when did this craze start? Did I miss it totally or what? and is anyone writing on how to turn the $25 thing into the $100 topiary with just a pair of shears and what to do to maintain the topiary next spring when it starts to grow out of this un-natural form.
Katy
At the back of the circle, at the top of the hill.

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