Also, it may be trained as a single trunk tree or espalier. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
Though it grows to a good size, it can be pruned into any shape and would be good for espalier. From Wordnik.com. [4: Multipurpose trees] Reference
He had decided to espalier the fig shoots, training them into a fence to shelter our back yard. From Wordnik.com. [Recipe: Fig, Lemon, Olive, and Rosemary Cookies (WHB #107)] Reference
It's a paradise for climbers, for some evergreens... for some fruit trees "en espalier", etc. From Wordnik.com. [souci - French Word-A-Day] Reference
It's a paradise for climbers, for some evergreens ... for some fruit trees "en espalier", etc. From Wordnik.com. [souci - French Word-A-Day] Reference
She allows them to grow as if unguided, as if she were accompanying them rather than training them through the espalier of her narration. From Wordnik.com. [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference
They formed an espalier through which she had to walk. From Wordnik.com. [Gänsemännchen. English] Reference
The wind at intervals shook the entire surface of the espalier. From Wordnik.com. [Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life] Reference
An espalier is a tree or shrub that is grown flat against a wall. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Fruit thinning and espalier techniques will also be demonstrated. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Frederik digging, Pelle pruning the espalier round the garden door, and. From Wordnik.com. [Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 04] Reference
The lawn-tender forms an espalier by intertwining the branches of the vine. From Wordnik.com. [How to Live a Holy Life] Reference
Between the trees, in the row, they plant vines four feet apart, and espalier them. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2] Reference
They have a lax growth habit ideal to espalier or stake and train into a tree form. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Bouvard undertook the pruning of the row of elms and Pécuchet the trimming of the espalier. From Wordnik.com. [Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life] Reference
If you want to get creative, there are chapters on creating topiaries, pleaching and espalier. From Wordnik.com. [Times Record News Stories] Reference
A black line has rushed up from the espalier apple yonder to the housetop thirty times at least. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Fields] Reference
I can see nothing between the top of the espalier screen and the horses under the elms on the hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Fields] Reference
This odd espalier, with its branches of lead and iron, was the first thing that struck Jean Valjean. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
I could probably manage a couple of espalier-ed trees along a fence, but I need to get around to that!. From Wordnik.com. [bronmarshall] Reference
Rosalie had tied the twigs to a palisade, so that, as an espalier, it could thoroughly drink in the sun's rays. From Wordnik.com. [O. T. a Danish Romance] Reference
They had conceived the idea of making in the espalier wall an archway, through which the prospect could be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life] Reference
Meliora accounted for it when, from behind a sheltering espalier, she heard him address one of them as "my lord.". From Wordnik.com. [Olive A Novel] Reference
It was a garden-seat, placed under the thorn-tree, and shut out from sight of the house by an espalier of apple-trees. From Wordnik.com. [Olive A Novel] Reference
The beauty of a woman of the people is short-lived, especially if she is planted espalier fashion at a restaurant door. From Wordnik.com. [Cousin Pons] Reference
Recently, I have been inspired by the thought of espalier fruit trees across the entire perimeter wall, but who knows??. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
Employing one of three horticultural training methods espalier, pollard or pleach may be the answer to a space problem. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Jim cleared out the first piece of espalier trees she spent entirely in the garden, hardly able to take her eyes off him. From Wordnik.com. [Esther Waters] Reference
A beautiful portion of Holland's glorious history affords the espalier, around which the tendrils of my narrative entwine. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
Guillaume, looking as long and dry and black as an espalier vine in winter, and devoured pilgrims and cattle with his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche 1909] Reference
The river runs under brown walls, shaded on one side by espalier limes, on the other over-hung with elder bushes in flower. From Wordnik.com. [The Combined Maze] Reference
The espalier apple, like a screen, hides the meadow from me, so that the descending starlings appear to dive into a space behind it. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Fields] Reference
Her door was still bolted, and she had apparently descended from the window, which was very low, and made accessible by an espalier. From Wordnik.com. [Olive A Novel] Reference
An espalier is any tree or shrub trained on a single plane, flat against a wall or trellis, in a formal pattern or a random freeform. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
A beautiful and sometimes whimsical way to transform your garden into a work of art can be achieved through espalier training techniques. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Mr. Clinche had a magnificent flower and fruit garden, with fruit-trees of many kinds en espalier; these, he said, throve remarkably well. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,] Reference
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