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Espalier: how to train plants for the tracery of branches

by Associated Press
| March 26, 2020 12:03 AM

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 a living border in a garden, or decorate a fence or wall.

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