Espalier Shaping Plants Gardening

Provides a definition of the technique, a list of amenable plant types, and tips on site selection, style, support construction, and training.

• The Victory Garden: Starting an Espalier - Illustrated article about the technique, with tips on starting an espalier espalier project with a fruit tree sapling.
• BBC Gardening: Plant an Espalier Apple Tree - Step by step instructions on site selection and shaping training, and a few growing tips.
• Gardenline: Espalier - Offers history of the technique, suggestions for site espalier choice and design, and types of fruit trees espalier most suitable for espaliering.
• Rare Fruit Society of South Australia: Espalier - Orchard owners lists their reasons for espaliering, and describe their methods. Includes plan drawing of framework, and photo galleries showing the enclosed espalier area as well as many individual trained fruit trees.
• Espaliering: The Patient Art - Article discussing background and methods, design considerations, and materials.
• Backwoods Home Magazine: Espalier your trees - Article providing basic information, including drawing and descriptions plants of horizontal, palmette, and cordon espaliering styles.
• NC State University: Espalier - Provides a definition of the technique, a list of amenable espalier plant types, and tips on site selection, style, support construction, espalier and training.
• IFAS Extension: Espaliers - Includes introduction, examples of formal and informal patterns, general care, shaping trimming tips, and lists of vines, shrubs, and trees suitable shaping for use in Florida.

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