Apple trees are the most common fruit tree for espalier growing, and are available in pre-espaliered form for planting. Plant more than one variety for cross pollination, or plant self-pollinating ...

Espalier (ess-PAL-yay) is a horticultural art form of careful pruning and training of a woody plant as a means of adding a structural focal point to an area of a garden.

Espalier Garden at Patrick Ranch is shown in July 2020. (Laura Kling/Contributed) Espalier structure design: Because the Espalier Garden is a teaching tool, the Master Gardeners built sturdy, long ...

Espalier pruning technique trains trees to grow on walls, trellises . Updated: ; May. 22, 2013, 7:06 p.m. | Published: ; May. 22, 2013, 6:06 p.m.

Espalier is a way to create a living border in a garden, or decorate a fence or wall. Hang fruit on those branches and you have a plant offering superb flavor as well as beauty.

The ancient technique remains popular today—here's why.If you’re looking for a creative way to grow citrus and other fruit trees, then you may have come across the phrase “espalier." The ancient ...

Espalier summons to mind the kind of highbrow, highfalutin style of gardening demanded by snooty royals. It sounds like the directive of a lisping dauphin, of an obsessive garden despot.

Sometimes in the garden you just draw a blank. A blank wall, that is, or a blank fence, or a blank on ideas for how to screen the garbage cans or the neighbors’ deck. There’s an answer that ...

A brick wall, a blank fence, a small garden with no room for a tree: These are all invitations for an espalier. An espalier is a tree or shrub trained to grow in a flat plane, generally against a ...

Espaliers, pronounced “es-PAL-yays,” have been around for centuries. HOME AND GARDEN: Hooray for espalier! | Bakersfield Life | bakersfield.com Skip to main content ...

There is a bit of ancient Rome and a taste of old Egypt at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at the Patrick Ranch. Espalier, the early horticultural art of pruning and training a tree or ...