How to Make a Wire Topiary
Learn how easy it is to make a wire topiary for your vining houseplants to create a beautiful decor element in a tighter space.
Yield: 1
Cost: $10
Equipment
Materials
- Trailing/vining plant
- Wire shirt hanger
- Flowerpot
- Potting Soil
Instructions
- Unwrap a wire shirt hanger and create a loop.
- Straighten the bottom to form a stem long enough to place in the pot with a circle above.
- Cut off excess wire.
- Plant your vining plant into the flowerpot.
- Carefully insert the wire circle hoop.
- Split the vines in half.
- Slowly start wrapping each vine around the hoop starting at the bottom and wrap as far up one side of the hoop as the vine will reach.
- Repeat with the other half of the vines on the other side of the hoop.
- Water well and display in an area that is appropriate for the plant.
Notes
You can make this easy project using the same topiary frame with artificial plants like English ivy from the craft store.
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