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Entrances & Doorways
The pair either side of the door, scaled to the frontage and clear of the swing.
Shop Entrances & Doorways →Hand-matched topiary pairs for the entrance your house has always deserved.
Two plants from one growing batch, assessed side-by-side and photographed together before they leave.
- Pairs from £245
- Grown in Holland and Italy
- 14–21 working days
The argument
Why your entrance never quite looks right.
Every plant in a garden centre came from a different batch, a different week, a different grower's field. Heights vary. Densities differ. One leans slightly. One has a flat side. You place them either side of your door and something feels off — you can't always name it, but you feel it every time you come home.
Garden centres sell singles. We sell pairs.
That's not a styling problem. It's a sourcing problem. We solve it at the root — selecting every pair from the same growing batch, assessing them side-by-side, photographing them together before dispatch. They arrive as a pair. They'll always look like one.
N° 01 / 08 · Eight forms
Topiary Balls
The doorstep classic. A clipped sphere reads as architecture, and two of them read as a threshold.
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Topiary Lollipops
A clear stem lifts the head to eye level, so a narrow frontage gains height without gaining width.
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Topiary Spirals
Years of turning under the shears. The cut is a single continuous line from the pot to the tip.
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Topiary Cubes
Six flat faces and eight true edges. The most modern of the forms, and the hardest to grow honestly.
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Topiary Pencils
Vertical punctuation. A pair either side of a modern doorway does the work of a whole planting scheme.
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Topiary Pom Poms
Spheres held apart on bare branches, so the plant reads as light rather than as mass.
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Topiary Clouds
Three stems from one pot, each carrying a single clipped pad — low, middle and tall.
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Topiary Bonsai
Garden bonsai at full scale — a leaning trunk, cleared of everything that does not carry a pad.
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Where it goes
Where it goes.
A matched pair either side of a farmhouse door — assessed at the nursery, photographed before dispatch.
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Courtyards & Patios
An enclosed square wants repetition. Pots let you move the geometry until it lands.
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Driveways & Pathways
Pairs repeated at roughly one diameter apart turn a length of gravel into an approach.
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Balconies & Terraces
Height without footprint. A narrow form reads tall against a railing and takes no floor.
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The register
Six pairs that leave most often.
English Yew Ball Topiary Pair — Prim & Proper
£325 – £670
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Privet Cloud Tree Topiary Pair — Théa & Plume
£725 – £1,200
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Blue Arizona Cypress Bonsai Pair — Skyll & Vesper
£750 – £1,865
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The White Garden — Border by the Metre
£330 – £2,066.25
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The Formal Edge — Border by the Metre
£275 – £1,923.75
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The Silver & Blue Bundle — Entrance Transformation
£1,350 – £1,600
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The measuring bench
What a pair costs us that a single never does.
- 01Same grower, same batch
- 02Assessed side by side
- 03Photographed as a pair
- 04QC certificate — 24 hours to review
- 05Dispatched as a set
Matched within 10cm · 8–15 years on arrival · Lifetime Care, free
Their words
Eight entrances, finished.
We’ve restored this Victorian terrace over five years. The entrance was the one thing that never looked right. These finally complete it. You can tell they’re from the same plant — the density is identical. Genuinely rare to find a supplier who understands this.
Catherine R. — CheltenhamYew Ball Pair · Victorian terraceThe pair they chose →
Finally. A supplier that understands symmetry is non-negotiable for period architecture. The fibreclay planters have proper material weight. The entrance looks resolved now — not decorated. Resolved.
Olivia T., Interior Designer — IslingtonLollipop PairThe pair they chose →
18 months of renovation and the entrance was the final piece. Nothing at garden centres matched properly. These arrived perfectly paired. The before/after is honestly unbelievable. Best money we spent on the entire project.
Becky & Tom L. — LeedsBall PairThe pair they chose →
The sort of thing you only have to do once if you do it properly. Garden centre pairs look embarrassingly mismatched within a season. These won’t. Beautifully matched, serious plants.
James F. — BathYew Ball PairThe pair they chose →
We were £10k over budget when we ordered these. My partner thought I’d lost the plot. He admitted last week it was the best £600 we spent. Everyone who visits stops at the entrance. It completes everything.
Sarah M. — BristolLollipop PairThe pair they chose →
The trees came on a wooden pallet, perfectly upright and tied like they had just left a show garden. My wife said it was the first time she’d been truly impressed by an online plant order.
Nathan B. — BirminghamSpiral PairThe pair they chose →
We are delighted with the plants we received, very healthy and well grown, exactly as we had ordered. Would use this company again without hesitation.
Ailsa C. — WinchesterThe White Garden Entrance BundleThe pair they chose →
Full marks for customer service — and for some really nice topiary yew balls (except the one which failed to thrive, no fault from either side). A very realistic approach to providing a replacement. Refreshing to find a company which stands behind the quality of its product.
Brian C. — CanterburyYew ball pairThe pair they chose →
Planted & proud
Real entrances, real gardens.
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Before you ask
Four questions, answered plainly.
Who are Topiary Twins, and what do you actually sell?
Topiary Twins is a British specialist that sells topiary in hand-matched pairs. Every pair is selected from the same growing batch, assessed side-by-side, photographed together and dispatched as a set. Specimens are 8–15 years old on arrival, grown in Holland and Italy.
What does it mean that a pair comes from the same growing batch?
It means both plants were grown in the same field, in the same season, by the same grower — not bought from two suppliers and stood next to each other. That is why the density, height and habit read as one plant twice. It is a sourcing decision, not a styling one.
What is the QC certificate, and when do I see it?
A QC certificate — origins, dimensions and six photographs of your actual pair — sent before the pallet leaves. You have 24 hours to review it. Delivery is a kerbside pallet to UK mainland addresses in 14–21 working days, or 21–28 working days at peak from February to May.
Where should I start if I don’t know which form I want?
Start with the form if you know the shape — balls, lollipops, spirals, cubes, pencils, pom poms, clouds or bonsai. Start with the setting if you know the place — an entrance, a courtyard, a driveway or a balcony. If neither is obvious, The Entrance Edit asks about your home and tells you what belongs there.
Ready when you are
The entrance your house has always deserved.
Tell us about your home. We'll tell you what belongs there.
Not sure yet? A 30-minute consultation — £150 of a designer's time, complimentary — book a consultation →
Matched within 10cm · 14–21 working days · Lifetime Care, free
