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 term espalier refers to the way fruit trees are trained to grow against a wall. It makes the tree easier to prune and the fruit easier to pick. This decorative method was often used ...

A new poem by Moniza Alvi. By Moniza Alvi The espalier tree with its rosy apples, arms outstretched – a kind of crucifixion. If the espalier could walk, it would walk as stiffly, as painfully as we ...

the technique is most often used with fruit trees. “I’ve used espalier with plums, apples, pears, and mulberries," says North. Citrus trees work well with this method too. “Meyer lemon trees ...