Topiary is one way in which Chelsea designers create structure, texture and clean lines in a garden, providing the eye with relief from frothy underplanting below: we're not talking whimsical peacocks, but sharp cubes, towers and balls. For a masterclass, see Cleve West's 2012 best in show garden. Box is the designers' go-to tree, but it's rapidly being replaced by others as box blight continues to ravage topiary displays. There's the feathery look of yew (Taxus baccata), which worked so well for West, but for something more unusual, emulate Tom Hoblyn's balls of Osmanthus x burkwoodii for his Arthritis Research garden last year."
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