This video shows how I typically espalier single tomato plants that have self-seeded in the garden by making a simple mini ...

Most espalier projects, especially for home gardens, are in small spaces, and fertilizing will cause the plant to grow too big with branches and stems that tend to be weak and spindly.

The espalier method is a creative way to grow fruit trees, which combines functionality with a touch of elegance.“It's a specialty pruning and training technique used to grow trees and wood ...

Espalier is a way of training and pruning plants so their branches lie in an orderly and ornamental two-dimensional form. The beauty comes from the tracery of the branches. Espalier is a way to ...

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 ...

Espalier (ess-pah-lee-AY, from French, originating in an Italian word meaning “shoulder”) is a time-tested way to protect fruits, such as peaches, ...

I’ve always had a fascination with plants that have been manipulated by man. At one time in my life, I had a collection of at least 25 shallowly rooted plants, procured in the wild and at ...

Espalier design is an ancient pruning practice that fashions fruit trees, vines or flowering shrubs into artistic, two-dimensional forms. This lateral shaping makes it easier to harvest and mow ...

I have wanted to try training a tree like this, a form called "espalier." The word espalier is French, and comes from Italian meaning "something to rest the shoulder against." It has come to mean not ...

I have wanted to try training a tree like this, a form called “espalier”. The word espalier is French, and comes from Italian meaning “something to rest the shoulder against”. It has come to mean not ...