POOR espalier. Somehow this no-nonsense, salt-of-the-earth gardening technique acquired a hopelessly frilly name. Espalier summons to mind the kind of highbrow, highfalutin style of gardening demanded ...
When traveling in France and England I have often admired the fruit trees that have been pruned and trained to stay low and follow a wall or building. Their branches — like the extended arms of a ...
Dear Master Gardener: Is espalier too difficult for a fairly novice gardener? Answer: Espalier is a method of training a plant by pruning and tying the branches to a frame so they grow into a flat ...
Espalier is an ancient horticultural practice of shape-shifting nature by training trees to grow flat against a wall or trellis. While you may have noticed these fan-shaped trees against a fence in a ...
When traveling in France and England, I have often admired the fruit trees that have been pruned and trained to stay low and follow a wall or building. Their branches, like the extended arms of a ...
The practice of espalier was used in the old world to conserve space in small orchards and gardens. George Washington’s kitchen garden at Mount Vernon featured espaliered peach and apricot trees. But ...
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