Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo shows a red currant espalier in New Paltz, N.Y. Red currant plants are especially easy to train and prune as ...

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 ...

Espalier plants are used to soften large blank spaces on walls or fences. To train espaliers, twigs and branches are bent when they are young and supple to meet design requirements. Carefully tie the ...

Espalier is a word we all need in our vocabulary. An espaliered plant is one that has been trained to grow in one place. In the 17th century, espalier originally referred to the frame or trellis on ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo of an espalier tree, taken at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa., shows a typical ''Cordon" design with its ...