Advertising topiary! / myLot

United Kingdom

May 22, 2022 2:40am CST

I like to see interesting things when out and about – even more so since joining MyLot, because now I’m always on the lookout for quirky things to photograph and write about! This particular topiary caught my eye, outside a hairdressers establishment on the high street of a town we visited recently. You can see that the whole thing is just shaped over a frame, but nevertheless it still made me smile. I guess the staff have to give it a quick trim every now and then to keep it neat! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.

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@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

22 May 22

However they did it, that's really nice!

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111164)

• El Paso, Texas

22 May 22

I wish those kinds of bushes would grow here, it would be neat to give them an interesting shape.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111164)

• El Paso, Texas

23 May 22

Yeah but most of them need way too much help to actually survive here, the water bills would be out of this world.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

23 May 22

@rebelann definitely not worth it then. There's no water to throw around in such a profligate manner these days!

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

23 May 22

You can do that kind of things with various small-leaved shrubs I think.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (159008)

• Boise, Idaho

23 May 22

How cute! Took me a second or two to figure out what it was.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (159008)

• Boise, Idaho

23 May 22

@Fleura .......It is really nicely done. It's just that my cataract makes things look weird to me and I have to look at them for a while to figure out what they are.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

23 May 22

Same here, when I first glimpsed it I thought it was some kind of bird in flight!

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73408)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

23 May 22

That is very creative and artistic glad you caught it on camera,

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

23 May 22

Thanks, yes I was glad I snapped that too!

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

23 May 22

That’s neat. I don’t know how they do it.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

23 May 22

In this case I think it's just grown over a frame and they just trim it to that shape.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

23 May 22

@Fleura It could be but it’s interesting.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (85274)

• Bangalore, India

23 May 22

That's nice and artistic. I bet it would be some regular trimming work to keep it in shape and look neat

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

23 May 22

Yes I'm sure they have to snip it every few days so it doesn't lose the detail!

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (85274)

• Bangalore, India

24 May 22

@Fleura Some regular work but that's worth this artistic beauty

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

23 May 22

So is this a live topiary, or is it artificial greenery. Hubby is from "back East" in the US. Rhode Island. They have several mansions that the big wigs from New York City used for summer residences. One of them is full of live growing topiary sculptures. That was the only mansion we went to see when we visited. That was years ago but it made good memories.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

23 May 22

Yes they are definitely alive, some parts are growing faster than others of course.

changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)

• China

22 May 22

It is a highly original design ! A comb and a pair of scissors,which says it all what line of business they are in.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134458)

• Roseburg, Oregon

22 May 22

That looks really nice.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

22 May 22

When I first glimpsed it from further up the street I thought it was a big bird with its beak open and wings outstretched! But then I realised it was a comb and scissors : )

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