Gardening in a tight space can feel challenging, especially if you want to pick fresh fruit right outside your door. Not ...

Espalier Apple Tree, with eating apples, trained across the brickwall of a Kitchen Garden By Steve Root PUBLISHED: July 20, 2020 at 7:50 AM PDT ...

While most any tree or woody plant can espaliered, the technique is most often used with fruit trees. “I’ve used espalier with plums, apples, pears, and mulberries," says North.

Unlike espaliered apples or pears, which need to be propagated through grafting, more fig trees can be produced as cuttings. A black mission fig or white Genoa fig tree can bear large, sweet fruit ...

Fruit trees can be pruned and trained to grow in the shape and size you want, including a form called espalier. Winter is a good time to get started.MARK ERICKSON/ST.

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 ...

Espalier Apple Tree, with eating apples, trained across the brickwall of a Kitchen Garden By Steve Root PUBLISHED: July 20, 2020 at 7:50 a.m. | UPDATED: July 20, 2020 at 7:50 a.m.