Rustic Valentines Heart Shaped Topiary

$12.00
20 Minutes
Easy
I wanted to add some color and life into our cabin now that the Christmas decorations are down and the cabin feels empty. Since, Valentines Day is the next holiday that I decorate for, I decided to make a topiary with a live ivy plant in the shape of a heart.
Here are the items that I used to create the topiary.
This was a quick, easy project and I already had everything I needed except for the ivy plant.


I started out by adding a layer of small gravel in the bottom of the pot. This is to help with drainage because this pot does not have a hole in the bottom of it. Then I added a small layer of potting soil and transplanted the ivy plant into the new pot.
Next, I found a stick that I could attach to the bottom of the heart shaped grapevine wreath and I wired it to the wreath with floral wire.
I gently pushed the stick into the center of the plant, through the soil and gravel, all the way to the bottom of the pot. I had to cut the stick to the right height so that the bottom of the heart was right at the top of the ivy plant.
I began wrapping some of the longer vines of ivy around the grapevine wreath on each side until I liked the way it looked.
Lastly, I trimmed off a few of the really long vines and placed the topiary in our cabin as a Valentines Day centerpiece.
I didn't throw away the vine trimmings. I placed the trimmings in little bottles of water because they will grow roots easily. In a few weeks, I should be able to plant the trimmings in a pot of soil and I'll have another ivy plant.
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  • Cindy Stone Cindy Stone on Jan 10, 2016
    where did you get the heart heart grapevine ? did you make it or buy it ? I have grapevines but don't know how to start to make a wreath.
  • Mse1612009 Mse1612009 on Jan 10, 2016
    Yes, where did you get the heart wreath?
  • ArtRockstar ArtRockstar on Jan 11, 2016
    Really cute idea thanks for sharing, I noticed also the siding of I think your home behind the topiary; is it a cabin? I love it!!
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  • Susan Price Smith Susan Price Smith on Jan 22, 2018

    I really like this project! Good job!

  • Sassy Sassy on Feb 22, 2019

    I bought a heart topiary at a garden center on a thin wire frame. (It is beautiful). I like your project with the grapevine wreath because it looks sturdy...especially as the plant fills out. I will try your idea.

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