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About ten or fifteen years ago, crop plants can be found almost in every yard. High or low, the average round-shaped plants in those days, known as the plant crop.

Even now still favored crop plants. In the center of many ornamental plants are now offered by the established crop plants resemble animals such as deer and rabbits. There is also a plant “normal” level of 1 to 1.5 m, with a few branches and leaves on the branch is intentionally set up as dots of the same or varied sizes. Of course plants have cut such a special allure, because its presence in a garden can serve as a point of interest.

The Origin
Many traders called plants of this crop plant as a “bonsai”. In fact, bonsai is not the appropriate term for plants that had been trimmed to obtain a form called a bonsai is  which inhibited the growth of plants that remained stunted in adulthood. During growth, purposely pruned bonsai plants or special shaped, and generally always placed in a container, since I was young.

Actually we know as the plant crop, in terms of English gardening sono, known as Topiary. This is an art to beautify the plant (with a deliberately cut or formed) which was adapted from ornamental plants in gardens geometric style in Renaissance Europe. In those days the palace gardens of the kings and nobles of Europe is almost entirely laid out geometrically. Examples of geometric gardens that are still preserved even become tourist attraction is the park of Versailles Palace in France that is realized by King Louis XIV.

If we are down the garden, the plants on the left and right we are comprised of the same types of plants and neatly trimmed with the same form. There is a round, cone, prism, or a square (cube). Border or any pembatasnya plants trimmed with certain forms. The principle of this geometric style garden refers to a symmetrical order.

Topiari
Like fashion in the fashion world who continue to “spin”, European-style trim plants back to XIV century and is now favored starting presented in Indonesia, among others, by Bénara Nurseries located in Cikarang, West Java.

Crop plants such as various forms of balls, cone, or cube is available in a poly bag which can easily be moved to the ground or into large pots. And because it was formed from the beginning, we only need to take care and do regular pruning to shape is not changed after all this time.

For the limited size of the park, hairdresser’s two plants are identical shape and size is sufficient to complete the charm of modern architecture houses. But at a certain leafs colonial style house area, the row crop plants arranged on either side of the entrance, will increasingly thicken colonial impression.

May be concluded that topiari should not be combined with any other plants. Topiari should stand alone, dideretkan or grouped with other types, although different in form. In this way the barbershop or the beauty of the plants will appear topiari maximum.

Plant Type
In nature there are plants that have a charming architectural charm, good when he was young, and after she grew old. Crops include frangipani, flamboyant, palm, pine, and Yuka. But there are also plant growth after a certain age, the beauty of the original structure will fade, it looks even more cluttered. The types of these plants, especially those with lots of leafy branches and twigs of small, dense, and tight, very suitable if made topiari. Examples of such plants are tea-tehan, ficus (fig), mirten, orange Triphasia trifolia, sianto, bougainvillea, cypress, bamboo, azaleas, soka, myrtle, paradise, and gardenias.

Not Plants Indoor
Both use a type of flowering plant flowering or not, topiari need to get enough sunlight. Morning sun (until 11:00) will make topiari flourish, leaves glossy green, dense, and diligent flowering.

If you wear not flowering plants, topiari be placed on the terrace or under the eaves. Make sure that for one – two hours, the plant touched the morning sun, or a full week moved to another location to receive sunlight. If too long in the shade, will grow topiari not perfect and easily invaded by white lice, which damage the tops of the plants and ultimately hamper growth or turn off the tops of the plants.

Caring Topiari
Topiari plants are planted in large pots, do not actually require the planting medium is equal to the volume pot. Third to some of the pot can be filled with rock or pumice stone. Besides making the pivot on the media structure, the two types of light rock, making it easier for potted plants be moved or shifted to another location.

Note that the basic pots must have holes enough for flushing excess water can flow out perfectly. And do not forget to prop topiari with potted plants or adobe bricks, so the pot does not directly attached to the ground. It also aims to prevent excess spray water flooded the pot.

Topiari be watered as needed. Two times a day when the place of bulk topiari get sun from morning until past noon. Or just one time in the afternoon when Topiary only get the bulk of the morning sun for 1 – 2 hours only.

Regular trimming schedule (every 2 – 3 months) in order to shape the plant is always stable. Besides the occasional need to be done soil penggemburan media. For fertilizing, use of fertilizer N content (sodium) and K (potassium) is higher than the element P (phospor) to stimulate root and leaf health.

When visible white membranes on soft cotton-like branches, twigs or leaves, spray anti-fungal drugs as the recommended dosage on the package to exterminate fleas white.