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 French word derived from an Italian term meaning “something to rest your shoulder against,” the horticultural term espalier “is a method of training a tree or other plant into a controlled ...

bauhaus1000 / Getty Images 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 method is a unique way ...

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 ...