How to Garden With Obelisks

Obelisks, tall pillars with a square base that taper like a pyramid toward a pointed top, can add drama and height to a landscape, and can be incorporated into a flower or vegetable garden. A stone obelisk can stand as a regal focal point to a rose or perennial garden, and a wooden lattice obelisk can serve as a trellis for flowering fines like clematis and morning glory. In the vegetable garden, beans and peas can be trellised on the lattice obelisk.

Things You'll Need

• Wood or stone obelisk
• Shovel
• Heavy rocks
• Vining plant

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Position a stone obelisk away from any trees in a flower garden that features plants of varied heights.

   • 2

     Dig up a 4-foot section of the flower or vegetable garden for a wooden trellis obelisk.

   • 3

     Place a wooden trellis obelisk in the vegetable or flower garden, and secure it in place by positioning heavy stones around the base.

   • 4

     Plant flowers or vegetables near the base that will vine up the obelisk trellis.