Patrice Hanlon answers your gardening questions every other week. DEAR GARDEN COACH: Thanks for the advice on dormant sprays for fruit trees. I’d like to know when and how to prune espalier ...

Vern Nelson / special to The OregonianUnderplant an espaliered apple, pear or fig with lettuce, salad burnet, Johnny jump-ups and alpine strawberries. Then plant musk or garden strawberries in ...

Espaliering is believed to have been practiced by the early Romans, and hieroglyphs of espaliered fig trees have been found in Egyptian tombs from as long ago as 1400 BCE.

“Espalier develops a structure that allows easy access to fruit,” says North. “Also, the tree can easily fit along fences or building walls." The visual appeal of this method also sets it apart.

Patrice Hanlon answers your gardening questions every other week. DEAR GARDEN COACH: Thanks for the advice on dormant sprays for fruit trees. I’d like to know when and how to prune espalier ...

An espaliered pear tree creates a pretty spring picture at the Cloisters in the Bronx in late April.Espalier ... Blue Atlas cedar, Pfitzer Juniper, Crabapple, Fig and Cotoneaster.

Maile Arnold walks past her espaliered fruit trees after working on her summer pruning. Landscape designer Maile Arnold uses espaliered fruit trees in her Sebastopol, Calif. garden as well as the ...

Espalier trees, since they seldom exceed 6 to 9 feet in height, also have the advantage of being easier to harvest and prune than conventional trees. Almost any ornamental tree, shrub or vine can ...

There is a bit of ancient Rome and a taste of old Egypt at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at the Patrick Ranch. Espalier, the early horticultural art of pruning and training a tree or ...