Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ancient technique remains popular today—here's why. bauhaus1000 / Getty Images If you’re looking for a creative way to grow ...

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 is an ancient horticultural practice of shape-shifting nature by training trees to grow flat against a wall or trellis. While you may have noticed these fan-shaped trees against a fence in 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 ...

Perhaps you’ve never heard the term espalier, a technique for training a tree or other plant against a trellis, but examples abound in Sonoma County. These range from ornamental vines on fences to ...

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 — the practice of training trees to grow horizontally along supports — is fun, creative and practical, says Contra Costa Master Gardener Helen Erickson. In fruit trees, the horizontal limbs ...

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 create ...

The ancient technique remains popular today—here's why. If you’re looking for a creative way to grow citrus and other fruit trees, then you may have come across the phrase “espalier." The ancient ...

Patrice Hanlon answers your gardening questions every other week. DEAR GARDEN COACH: Thanks for the advice on dormant sprays for fruit trees. I’d like to know when and how to prune espalier apple ...