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 ...

Some regard espaliered fruit trees as living, edible art because it takes years to prune the trees to achieve the desired shape. The fruit can be tastier because it's exposed to more direct sun than ...

If you'd love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Instead, use a method perfected by ...

Want to build an edible landscape without sacrificing a lot of yard space? Consider planting a fruit tree using the espalier method, a technique for training tree branches along a wire fence or into a ...

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 wall ...

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 ...

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 (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. These are living sculptures ...

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 ...

Recently, Phil Pursel, representing David Wilson Nursery, came to our monthly Master Gardener’s meeting to tell us about backyard fruit growing techniques. Yes, Master Gardeners do have meetings once ...

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 ...