espalier

In this book, Karl Pieber and Peter Modl instruct ambitious gardeners on how to encourage tress to grow in a variety of different shapes, known as espalier, for aesthetic reasons, practical reasons--such as shade and protection from the weather, as well as for the ability to increase the harvest and make harvesting easier.

Prune espalier and cordon-grown apple and pear trees.

The Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation presents the 4th annual Summer Fruit Festival and Espalier Symposium from 8:30 a.m.

There, through faded tomb paintings of fig trees planted and flattened against sun-drenched stone walls, evidence suggests that espalier (ess-PAL'-yay) had a place in the garden.

Since then, three generations of Leuthardts have practiced espalier, an art whose medium is neither paint nor plaster, but living things.

Austen introduces the apple almost incidentally as an espalier tree form providing an ornamental landscape feature at the entrance to Abbey-Mill Farm (186).

Keeping it small, espalier is a pruning technique that allows you to prune and train dwarf apple trees to grow in attractive patterns flat up against a wall or a fence.

Espalier. More than merely a decorative technique used on posh country estates, espalier orchards are actually preferred by many commercial orchardists in Europe.

* define vines, espalier pruning, topiary pruning, and bonsai.

ESPALIER or cordon-trained apple and pear trees make great peep-through screens for dividing the garden into "rooms", offering you more privacy.

Beautifully illustrated with glossy colour photographs, this indispensable home companion advises readers on subjects such as ethical shopping, stock rearing, cleaning without chemicals, natural fibres, baby-care, pure bath products, drying herbs, training espalier fruit trees, recycling, sustainable building, solar heating, saving energy, preserving fruit and vegetables, natural remedies, churning butter and 'green' campaigning.

Some varieties lend themselves to topiary sculpture, espalier, or bonsai training.

He practices the old art of espalier (es-Pal-yay) - training dwarf species to grow in flat, two-dimensional forms, usually against fences and walls.

Espalier design is an ancient pruning practice that fashions fruit trees, vines or flowering shrubs into artistic, two-dimensional forms.