A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.
A tree or a row of trees, trained in a formal two dimensional shape often along a fence or trellis.
Both fruiting and ornamental trees and shrubs can be trained as an espalier, but the process must be begun when the plant is still young. Plants are trained to grow on a single plane, rather than branching on all sides of the main stem or trunk. It is often seen along walls and fences.
Framework upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained.
Trees trained in horizontal fashion against a wall or on wires, usually with the horizontal branches in tiers
A system for growing plants, usually fruit trees, where a plant has one single central stem or trunk with tiers of branches on either side trained to present a flattened aspect. Often used for growing trees against a wall.
shrubs or trees growing flatly against walls or on a trellis, with branches trained horizontally.
Any plant trained lattice fashion in one plane.
a dwarf fruit tree, usually apple or pear, trained and pruned onto a frame in a flat symmetrical design to create a living fence or to grow fruit against a wall in a small space like a town garden or castle courtyard.
a series of fruit trees trained on a framework of lines and stakes to form a hedge.
When a tree, shrub or vine is trained to grow on a single plane and not allowed to deviate from it, that is known as the espalier style. The plane is often defined by a wall or fence. The plants are trained from the time that they are young on wires running along the wall or fence. The subsequent espalier is continually pruned thereafter, so that all its growth remains parallel to the wall or fence. The trellis formed by the wire is sometimes itself referred to as espalier. Espalier stems from a 16th-century European practice, adopted to save space. Note that, with Southern exposure, the espalier along a wall can enjoy a microclimate.
a plant trained to grow flat against a wall.
a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat
a living fence created by training small trees into decorative patterns
an innovative way to soften a brick wall, a trellis or even a chain link fence
a tree grown splat against the wall
a wooden framework on which fruit-trees or creepers are trained
To train a plant along a railing or trellis so that the plant grows against the rail or trellis.
Method of training a plant in a formal pattern against a wall or trellis.
Pruning and wiring woody trees and shrubs against a surface to create a specific shape.
A fruit tree with the brances trained flat against a wall
a tree or shrub trained to grow flat against a wall or support, typically a trellis or wire, either formal or informal.
Process of training a tree or shrub so its branches grow in a flat pattern.
A training form for fruit trees, usually along wires.
a wall or framework upon which a tree or other plant may be trained; or, the shape of which a plant is trained to be picturesque as well as productive.
Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal "two-dimensional" or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. The technique was popular in the Middle Ages in Europe to decorate solid walls by such trees planted near them, although evidence exists suggesting that the technique dates back much farther, perhaps even to ancient Egypt. The word espalier initially referred to the actual trellis on which the plant was trained to grow, but over time has come to be used to describe the technique.
