This video shows how I typically espalier single tomato plants that have self-seeded in the garden by making a simple mini trellis from reo mesh and a star picket. Thank you for your ongoing support!

CORVALLIS – Espaliered trees bring fruit down to eye level. They allow for easy picking and take advantage of small spaces. But don’t kid yourself into thinking espaliers are any easier than ...

An old horticulture practice of controlling plant growth in a flat plane against a solid surface or trellis has merit in today’s smaller landscapes. This is the art of espalier, pronounced ess-PAL-yer ...

The old-fashioned art of growing espaliered (is-pal-yerd) plants has a place in many modern gardens, especially smaller ones. When a garden border is narrow and against a wall or fence, this method of ...

An espalier can be any woody plant that is trained and pruned to grow against a wall, fence or trellis. Question: I want to plant fruit trees but I have a very small yard. Would you recommend an ...

Whether you grow mostly vegetables, mostly flowers, or a mix of both, chances are good you've wanted to put some vining plants into the mix—and that means adding a trellis to the gardenscape. A ...

espalier by training an apple tree in a pleasing pattern, such as a fan, candelabra or series of parallel horizontal branching arms. Such a display can become a striking architectural feature against ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. If you have big ideas for a garden but only a ...

Espalier (ess-PAL-yay) is a horticultural art form of careful pruning and training of a woody plant as a means of adding a structural focal point to an area of a garden. These are living sculptures ...

Pat Morgan of Westlake Village wrote to the SoCal Garden Clinic to ask: My fig tree was started from a cutting three years ago and was recently transplanted to our atrium. It has been in a container ...

OSU extension espaliered fruit trees Marc, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.jpg Espaliered fruit trees, usually apples, can be trained in a variety of designs, but are typically supported along straight, horizontal ...