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 ...

JANE EDMANSON: This is an espalier. 'What's that' you might well ask? It's where you espalier a tree or a shrub so that it flattens out. You're trying to get more growth to grow upwards and across and ...

That’s fine, but you should realise espaliers are by no means a new thing. They’ve practically been around since Adam was a boy. The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt got on to espaliering plants thousands of ...

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 ...

The age-old trick of flattening plants has been finding new favour. Beautiful, sculptural and space-saving, espaliers can not only fit into the merest slip of a garden but have never felt like less ...

Trees are usually three-dimensional, but with some intervention they can be made to have height and width but not much depth. Using this technique to train a tree is called espaliering. Espaliers were ...

Have you always dreamed of having a fruit tree laden with citrus, apples or figs but fear you are too limited on space? Or perhaps you have a barren wall or fence that, like a blank canvas, is ...

If you have an empty wall or fence, or if your gardening space is small, you may want to consider growing an "espalier" (pronounced “es-pal-YAY”). An espalier is a plant that is trained to grow in a ...

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 ...

Have you always dreamed of having a fruit tree laden with citrus, apples or figs but fear you are too limited on space? Or perhaps you have a barren wall or fence that, like a blank canvas, is ...