Hicks Yews Planted for Block I Topiary - September 2021
Earlier this year, I posted some thoughts about how I could create a Block I - University of Illinois - topiary in our backyard and how I was inspired by an Etsy listing. In that post, I did some of the layout and decided on a 4' wide and 6' tall Block I that would be about 18" thick when mature. I've been thinking about something like this topiary for a number of years after seeing a bunch of them at a nursery on Route 12 that were (mostly) created from Arborvitae . But, knowing we have mostly shade out back, I went through the mental gymnastics to convince myself that if I bought an 'upright' Yew, I could make the Block I topiary a go. So, imagine my delight when I came across some $5 Fall sale Hicks upright Yews at Home Depot over the weekend. I stuck a couple in my cart and brought them home. I put them out in a few spots and thought about placement. I kept moving them, walking away and viewing the pots. I want to see it from near the patio, but al