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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...