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[toh-pee-er-ee] / ˈtoʊ piˌɛr i /




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Mapperton, near Beaminster, is an Italianate fantasy in a steep coombe studded with topiary and sky-reflecting pools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

It also recently announced the installation of “Split-Rocker,” a monumental topiary sculpture by the artist Jeff Koons, which will anchor the new building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

Jeff Koons stood atop a construction lift and planted a small, silvery gray dudleya succulent on the nose of his monumental topiary sculpture “Split-Rocker” at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

Water regularly, too: That can be as often as daily, especially if your topiary is in a small pot outside in summer.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Ella walked down a stone path beside the topiary garden, inching past the Founder's Fountain and ducking straight into the Stariary.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Many trees, shrubs, sub-shrubs and even vines can become topiaries, he has discovered, but some are easier, better or faster.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

The topiaries, scorched from the onslaught, had to be replaced almost every year.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2023

More than 100 oversize topiaries sprout across these 22-acre gardens in Harford County, Md., including myriad geometric forms and an iconic scene of a horse-riding hunter and his hounds in hot pursuit of a fox.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2022

While the parks are closed, teams are still maintaining the topiaries, many of which are trimmed to look like various Disney characters.

From Fox News ● Apr. 23, 2020

The topiaries that had once been pruned with aspirations toward the baroque finished in a hopeless, tortured state, besieged by snails and disease.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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