Pearl Fryar's Topiary Garden: A Cut Above Average

This self-taught topiary artist has created more than a collection of living sculptures.

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Hide CaptionShow CaptionIt takes Pearl about three to five years to achieve a shape that he's happy with. "It's a matter of perfecting it till I'm really comfortable with it," he says.

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By Marie Hofer

Pearl's garden consists of more than the hollies, junipers and boxwoods typically found in topiary gardens. Plants include Fraser fir, dogwood, wintergreen barberry, Norway spruce, firethorn and deodar cedar. "I can topiary anything that grows," he says.

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