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Everything you need to know about your delivery: Free delivery - this is available on most orders when you reach a minimum order value for your packaging type which is based on the size and quantity of plants that you order. Details are in the delivery information table below.
| Packaging Type | Standard Delivery Charge | Minimum Order Values for FREE Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Boxes (Bare roots and pots up to and inc 7.5L) | £7.99 delivery charge (orders up to £60) | Orders of £60 and over - FREE |
| Pallets (Root balls, large pots 10L+, trees etc) | £60 delivery charge (orders up to £350) | Orders of £350 and over - FREE |
| Pleached Trees (Specialist Delivery) | £450 delivery charge (orders up to £1500) | Orders of £1500 and over - FREE |
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Topiary Ball 40/45cm 10L English Yew (Taxus baccata) Taxus baccata
£79.99
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Balls or globes are just one of the many shapes that Yew can be trimmed into. Recent garden trends saw these topiary balls being left to grow out of their formal shaping creating a different texture and look to that of neatly clipped box, so offering a softer silhouette. Easy to shape and slow growing, the 'king of hedging' remains a staple of the topiary landscape.
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TPBA-TAX-40/45-15L
£79.99
Taxus baccata
Traditionally, topiary balls are grown from Box plants (Buxus Sempervirens) which gives them a neat and formal appearance. However, this particular plant is English Yew (Taxus baccata) which gives a dense yet softer appearance with its fine conifer-like needle fronds. With bright green spring growth changing to deep green as it grows, its overall appearance is quite different to Box and it looks fantastic in both borders or pots. Yew's soft yet dense habit also means that once it grows, it is also easier to clip into shapes with neat, smooth outlines as often seen in the larger and more complex topiary shapes found in formal gardens.
These Topiary Balls look stunning planted into containers, standing proudly at an entrance or doorway, planted en masse or even combined with softer plants, such as grasses and perennials, to add a contrast in texture.
Visit our Yew - English for further information on this species.
Maintaining and Caring for your Topiary
To keep a good shape and tight growth, topiary needs all-round and all-over light so it is incompatible with shade, although potted specimens can be rotated. Clipping should be done when the opportunity, inspiration, enthusiasm and weather all combine to make it possible - in late summer, so that there is the longest period of time (until May or June the following year) to enjoy the tightly clipped shapes. Some enthusiasts clip in early summer too but never clip too early in the year - you must make sure there is no possibility of night frosts. Always use very sharp tools and we recommend that plants are watered first before clipping which helps the cut leaves to heal quickly.
All our topiary is hardy and suitable to withstand all that our weather can throw at us but given the expense of each piece, it is our recommendation that you take particular care to protect topiary - just simple precautions like gently brushing snow off, using pointed rather than flat topped shapes where long periods of snow are normal, providing ventilated shelter from severe winds and ensuring that specimens are well watered in summer and sheltered from very strong sunshine which can burn as much as winter winds