Collection Topiary cubes
Grown Tuscany, Italy
Sold as Matched pairs
From £455 the pair
Topiary Cubes — Matched Pairs
Geometry, grown. Edges, kept.
Flat planes and crisp corners in English yew and Japanese holly — the form contemporary schemes reach for. Every cube below is a true matched pair: selected together in Tuscany, raised side by side, and photographed at our UK depot before dispatch.
Matched pairs from £455 · delivered kerbside UK-wide
How to chooseSquare edges.Straight answers.
Why the cube earns its place — and what keeps it crisp.
Why the cube is the modernist form
Balls and cones belong to every era; the cube belongs to this one. It is geometry you can plant — flat planes, right angles, a clipped echo of the architecture around it — which is why design-led schemes reach for it first. Where a ball softens a space, a cube structures it.
Why edges are the craft
A sphere forgives; a plane does not. Flat faces show every wobble, so the cube demands species with tiny, tight leaves to render its surfaces cleanly — and a trimming hand that works to a reference, not by eye alone. That discipline is the whole art, and it's easier than it sounds (see the FAQ below).
Which species
English yew gives the cube its deepest green mass — the heritage rendering, densest planes, one trim a year. Japanese holly gives the finest surface — leaves so small the faces read almost seamless. Both take shade; both keep their edge.
Where the cubeearns its keep.
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The contemporary frontage
On a modern property — flat render, dark frames, clean lines — a pair of cubes at the door does what lollipops do for a period frontage: instant, architectural welcome, scaled to the elevation and mirrored to the millimetre. The entrance collection covers the flanking brief in full.
Against render, slate & corten
These are the materials cubes love: pale render behind deep green planes, slate underfoot, corten's rust against yew's near-black. Add gravel and restrained hard landscaping and the cube reads as part of the build, not the borders. The courtyard collection is built around exactly these surfaces.
Rhythm in runs
Repeat a cube at intervals along a path or drive and the route becomes a colonnade — the same trick formal gardens have played for centuries, in a modern register. Matched pairs make the rhythm exact from the first planting. The driveways & pathways collection carries the repeating forms.
Three cube pairs.Every price, honest.
Drag through the range — matched-pair prices including VAT, banded by size and age.
N° 01 · Brooks & Fenna
The heritage rendering — densest planes, darkest green, four sizes from 30–40cm to 60–70cm.
£455 – £1,015
N° 02 · Juno & Kai
The finest surface — Ilex crenata's tiny leaves render the flattest, most seamless faces.
£480
N° 03 · Orrin & Bria
Buxus microphylla 'Faulkner' — the small-leaved, notably blight-resistant box cultivar, at the top size.
£1,015
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Cubes sit mid-table in the topiary market: pairs run £455 – £1,015 including VAT, banded by size. For how that compares with balls, spirals and the specimen tier, the full market logic is in the topiary prices guide.
Three species.One discipline.
Pick by site and surface — then keep the schedule.
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The heritage rendering — deepest green, densest planes, takes shade, lives for generations. One unhurried trim a year holds the edge.
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The finest surface — the box look with total immunity to blight and moth, and the tightest faces of any cube. Two quick trims a year.
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Buxus microphylla 'Faulkner' — the small-leaved microphylla cultivar noted for its blight resistance; classic box texture at our top cube size.
Whichever species, the discipline is the same: trim to a reference — a taut line or a batten held against the face — little and often rather than one heavy correction; flats first, then square the corners. The clipping calendar for the classic rendering is in the yew topiary guide, and the year-round routine in the complete care guide.
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Selected together · raised side by side · photographed before dispatch
Buying cubes.Quick answers.
The questions cube buyers actually ask, answered by the growers.
What are topiary cubes?
Clipped, square-edged blocks of evergreen — the modernist rendition of formal topiary. Flat planes and crisp edges are the whole point, which is why the form demands tight, small-leaved species and a disciplined trim: a surface that shows every wobble rewards the species that barely wobble.
Which species make the best cubes?
English yew is the heritage choice — the densest, darkest planes and one trim a year. Japanese holly gives the finest surface of all, with total immunity to box blight and moth. We also grow one cube in Buxus microphylla 'Faulkner' — the small-leaved cultivar noted for its blight resistance — for buyers set on true box texture.
How much do topiary cubes cost?
Matched pairs run £455 to £1,015 including VAT, banded by size: yew cubes from £455 (30–40cm) to £1,015 (60–70cm), Japanese holly at £480, and the 'Faulkner' box pair at £1,015. All prices are per pair — two plants — with the market context in the topiary prices guide.
How do I keep the edges sharp?
Trim to a reference, not by eye: a taut string line or a light batten held against each face shows exactly where the plane sits. Work little and often — a light pass beats one heavy correction — do the flats first, then square the corners last. Yew asks one session a year, holly two; neither is more than an hour per pair.
Cube or ball — which suits my garden?
Read the architecture. Crisp modern lines — render, slate, corten, flat roofs — call for the cube's geometry; softer, period or cottage settings usually sit better with a ball, which forgives both the building and the trimmer. Mixed schemes use both: cubes to structure, balls to soften.
Do topiary cubes grow well in pots?
Very well — a cube in a square planter is one of the strongest moves in contemporary planting, doubling the geometry. Use a generous frost-proof pot with real drainage holes, and follow the pots guide for compost, feeding and winter care.
Will cubes grow in shade?
The two lead species are among the best shade plants in topiary: yew keeps its density in remarkably low light, and Japanese holly tolerates part shade comfortably. North-facing frontages and shaded courtyards — where many plants thin out — are well within range for both.
How are cubes delivered — and what's guaranteed?
Kerbside on a pallet by specialist haulier, UK-wide, 14–21 working days from order; the driver calls about an hour ahead. Every pair is photographed side by side at our UK depot before dispatch, backed by the 7-day Matching Guarantee, the 6-month Thrive Guarantee and Lifetime Care Support — details at delivery & returns.
Matched beforeyou ever see it.
Two cubes, selected together in Tuscany, raised as twins — so the symmetry at your door is grown, not approximate.
Your actual pair, side by side at our UK depot, before the pallet is built.
7-day Matching Guarantee, then the 6-month Thrive Guarantee through establishment.
Lifetime Care Support — a photo gets grower answers for as long as you own the plants.
