5 Popular Artificial Topiary Plants For Your Home Or Business

Artificial Topiary is becoming more and more popular with home owners and businesses who are looking for a stylish way to decorate their premises without the normal maintenance and cost associated with caring for real topiary plants. Most city centres and towns feature large numbers of artificial plants, topiaries and trees. Some of these plants are highly stylised and easily noticeable on the sides of buildings. Others are designed to blend in with existing real plants or as a standalone feature and these are not immediately obvious to passers by. Artificial topiary is also being used indoors to great effect where normal plants may not get enough sunshine or be hard to look after properly.

Artificial topiaries are a great and practical way to decorate homes, gardens and business and this this guide looks at 5 of the most popular styles of artificial topiary and their potential benefits.

Artificial Topiary Boxwood or Buxus Ball

This kind of artificial topiary is a modelled on a classic boxwood ball and be either hung on a chain from a bracket or planted in a pot or urn. These topiaries are commonly used outside pubs and hotels especially during the winter and are available in different styles including leaf, grass and more distinctive purple heather effects. The most common sizes are the 12" / 30cm and 16" / 40cm although they are produced in much larger sizes for commercial premises.

Topiary Trees and Shrubs

Trees or shrubs are ideal for decorating each side of a doorway or porch but can also be used around decking or patios. Artificial topiary tends to be relatively light compared to a normal plant which means they can be moved without risking soil being tipped out or leaves being dropped. A good tip is to use a wheeled pot caddy underneath the pot or planter which will make it even easier to move. This can be especially useful if I business owner needs to move the plants indoors after locking up for the night. The range of different artificial topiary trees is significant and they are produced as standard trees, swirls or ball trees. The artificial trees can be as little as 50cm or made to be more than 2m tall.

Pre-Lit Topiary Ball

Artificial plants are obviously ideal for winter anyway because they are weather resistant. However, as the nights draw in the effect of the decoration can be lost as they can be harder to see without light and because topiary is natually dark in colour. For the winter time, and especially over Christmas and New Year, a Pre-Lit Topiary Ball or Tree can create a fantastic effect. These are available with both mains power for a strong bright light or battery for convenience with lights in various or changing colours to complete the effect.

Artificial Hanging Baskets

Hanging baskets are now extremely popular with home owners and businesses such as pubs and hotels. Hanging baskets create beautiful displays but are naturally high maintenance and seasonal. This means there is a problem particularly during Autumn and Winter periods. Winter hanging baskets can be made up but do not have the same impact as Summer hanging baskets. The practicalities of caring for and watering plants during winter is also a barrier for their use. As a result, artificial hanging baskets are becoming very popular in large cities and for use in public buildings, train stations and bus stations.

The final thing to say is about the benefits or artificial topiary and how the quality has improved significantly in terms of it's constructions and presentation over recent years. The fake plastic topiary and flowers that many people will have seen have been completely changed to high quality, realistic and above all stylish decor for the home or garden. Artificial Topiary is typically UV resistant and weather proof, and by definition requires no trimming or watering. Each topiary is made by creating a wire frame which is then covered with artificial leaves and foliage which makes them typically very robust. This can make them very useful for decoration over the winter period or for placing in hard to reach areas where watering and maintenance would be difficult or indeed dangerous. For the business owner it is worth knowing that the overall cost of artificial topiaries is also far lower over their lifetime than a real plant and they can also be easily stored and brought back out to display.

In summary, the choice and quality of artificial topiary and plants has increased in recent years with various sizes and shapes of boxwood balls, topiary swirls, ball trees and more. Artificial topiaries make an ideal way to decorate your home, garden or business.