espalier

An espalier is another form of tree with restricted growth.

It is also attractive when trained up a wall as an espalier.

You'll even get to impress your friends by talking about the brilliant espalier that you did.

The peach tree can be grown in an espalier shape.

Next size up are espaliers and larger bush trees.

Espaliers are superb where small space is a challenge.

Remove any climbing vines or espalier attached to your home.

One plant that does work very well as an espalier everywhere, however, is the red currant.

The vineyard is conducted in espaliers, with drip support irrigation.

Growing a fig tree in espalier fashion would help with developing fruit.

I look rather sadly at the three eating apples that were sacrificed for the espalier.

Espalier training can be used on full-sized trees in order to keep their fruit within reach.

Espalier as a technique seems to have started with The Romans.

Among her accomplishments is a 12-foot-high espalier fence that she started about three years ago from pear trees.

It helps to know a little about plant physiology before trying to grow an espalier and makes the effort all the more interesting.

With an espalier, it is important to give the stems room to spread out and develop adequate foliage.

And espaliers, ideal for terraces, take no floor space.

Espaliers with just one tier of horizontal branches 30 cm from the ground.

More than 50 varieties of apple, many trained as espaliers or cordons.

It is used in espalier and grown on trellises.

The basic espalier form is the cordon - French for cord or rope.

Two cuts are all the pruning that a red currant espalier requires.

Ramblers can be grown as ground cover, weeping standards or decorative espaliers.

Can be used for standards and half-standards, espaliers and fans.

Having created the espalier frame, we chose some lateral branches to train against the walls.

It is also espaliered against walls, which improves its frost-hardiness.

Another has espaliered trees on one side and climbing vines on two other sides.

Trees were espaliered against the warm stone walls.

It looks great, Mr. Bunting says, espaliered against a wall.

Ninety apple trees are espaliered on the walls.

Sheltered all around by pine was a sunlit area where pear trees had been espaliered against the wall.

The Confederate jasmine vine can be espaliered; six-foot-high vines start at $50.

Any slow-growing shrub or tree that is hardy in the area can be espaliered in a container, too.

They are best displayed as hedges on large properties or painstakingly espaliered along walls , creating beautiful living winter sculptures.

Also in bloom nearby are two pear trees espaliered in the six-arm palmette form.

Peach and apricot trees will be espaliered against the wall, and cold frames will be built at its foot.

One of the landscapers trimmed the jasmine vines that were espaliered on the walls flanking the carved-limestone surround at the main entrance.

Fat green Cox's Orange Pippins were ripening on the branches of the apple trees espaliered along the fence.

"This is our orchard," Mr. Scanniello said, showing off six apple trees espaliered along the western fence.

Kaffir lime trees, Buddha's hand citrus and Japanese pear trees are espaliered along a 50-foot fence.

When espaliered, a red currant plant needs to be pruned only twice a year, in contrast to the monthly sessions required when tending apple espaliers.

This space is partly hidden by trelliswork that is not quite covered with clematis, roses and a specimen espaliered firethorn.

Roselli pointed east, toward the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, with its grape arbors and fruit trees espaliered along the walls.

All along the facing wall espaliered trees, their trunks dark and shiny and twisted and knobbed, bore among a rough, dull foliage fruit turning gold.

Artfully trained apples and pears demonstrate how pretty as well as prolific fruits espaliered, fanned and pyramided on dwarfing rootstocks can be.

Rhubarb is grown under ancient terra-cotta bell jars, scarlet runner beans climb bamboo tepees and pears and plums are espaliered against the old walls.

Tis a foul crop espaliered against these blocks," Brom O'Berin grunted as he tore away the last horseshoe.

Europeans took the espalier technique to the New World, but because of differences in climate, apple and pear trees espaliered here were often less fruitful than those grown in Europe.

There are too many treasures to relate here: Fuji apple trees espaliered against the kitchen garden fence; golden hop vine weaving through the autumn clematis, which is a cloud of tiny white flowers.

Mr. Weeks entered the Garden of Eden, with pear trees espaliered against a wall and a Chinese proverb inscribed on the steps: "If you would be happy for a week, take a wife.