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.

For example, espaliered fruit trees can be underplanted with small salad plants, such as carnations, basil, lettuces or salad burnet.Note: Certain super-dwarf apples, such as those grafted to ...

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Another form, the espalier [pronounced es-pal-yay], saves space by training young, flexible branches to grow flat on a single plane, against a wall or wired between fence posts. Needing an ...

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 ...

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.

From the space-saving espalier method to multi-grafted trees, Garden Master Jim Duthie goes to Adams Gardens and Nursery for tips on growing fruit trees at home.

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.

I was delighted to find an espalier apple tree for sale at Gardeners Supply Company in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Someone had already done a lot of the work training it for me, though it had many ...

This photo of an espalier tree, taken at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa., shows a typical ''Cordon" design with its vertical trunk and multi-tiered horizontal branches. The lateral shaping ...

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.