I have wanted espalier apple trees for the back yard for a long time and we finally got them! 5 of them! Espalier trees are pruned and trained to grow on a single plane, usually up against a fence or a wall. It's an ancient technique that makes it possible to grow a lot of fruit in small space, on the inside of a Medieval walled city, or in my back yard for example. There are many styles of espaliers, but since the kind of apples we wanted need pollinators, we went with the Belgian fence…
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