Agriculture and forestry

Monarkh Veronika – Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Landscape Management, Forestry, Horticulture and Viniculture of Vinnytsia National Agrarian University (21008, Vinnytsia, Soniachna Str. 3, e-mail:monarhinya@ukr.net).

The article examines the relevance of topiary art in modern landscape design. The art of topiary requires a well-thought-out compositional integrity. Before choosing plants, you should decide on the theme of the garden and the harmonious arrangement of topiary figures in it. Such compositions become an adornment of any backyard territory, giving it an aristocratic exclusivity and originality. A detailed taxonomic analysis of the assortment of plants, which were used to form topiary on the territory of Vinnytsia National Agrarian University and the botanical garden "Podillya", was carried out. The state of the existing topiary figures was assessed. The features of the formation of topiary figures by the classical and wireframe formation technique have been investigated. Of the plants of the classical formation technique, a spiral figure has an excellent appearance. The hedge, cone and column shape have a good appearance. Plants formed in the form of a circle have the lowest indicators of external perception. The frame technique for creating plant compositions prevails at the VNAU exposition area. Project proposals have been developed to improve the aesthetics and general appearance of topiary figures on the territory of the Vinnytsia National Agrarian University. For the plant to have an attractive appearance, appropriate care is needed. Pruning of plants (sanitary) should be carried out only during the dormant period. The best period will be the end of winter, when the threat of severe frosts has passed. In the spring, no later than the first half of April, the first corrective pruning of figures and hedges should be carried out. In the summer, several additional haircuts are made, the frequency of which depends on the intensity of growth. It is optimal to carry out an additional haircut 3 months after the first one. In summer, you do not need to cut in extreme heat. Haircuts are finished before the onset of the first frost. If you carry out the formation later, then the created topiary will simply freeze over. In the cold season, some figures, especially those created from conifers, can fall apart under the weight of snow, so it is advisable to tie them up.

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4.Monarkh V.V. (2019). Biological and ecological characteristics of dendroflora of the Podillia botanical garden of Vinnytsia national agrarian university. Silske hospodarstvo i lisivnytstvo − Agriculture and forestry. № 13. С. 228-238. [in English].

5.Neyko I., Kolchanova O. Poznyakova S., Monarkh V. (2020). Seed productivity and variabilityof Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) clones of Finnish origin in seed orchard in the central part of Ukraine. Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A. Forestry, Vol. 62 (1), 1–12 [in English].

6.Monarkh V. Matusyak M. (2020). Analysis of plant assortment in the greenhouse complex of Vinnytsia National Agrarian University as a key component of student training Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 10(1), 192-198, doi: 10.15421/2020_31. [in English].

7.Monarkh V. Procopchuk V., Matusyak M. (2020). Analysis and evaluation of plants of genus Syringa l. in Podillia. Scientific Light (Wroclaw, Poland). Vol. 1, № 36. P. 3-9 [in English].

8.Neyko I., Monarkh V., Poznyakova S., Matusyak M. (2021). State of in situ forest genetic resources of broadleaved tree species in the Right-bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A .Forestry. Vol. 63 (2), P. 88-96 [in English].