Espalier

“If you have seen a Japanese snowball bush forming a white and green curtain against a weathered stone wall, you know how effective a wall shrub can be. Various flowering

If space is at a premium in your garden, try espaliering. This is an old French method of training small trees and shrubs against a wall or fence in a

Facades of houses are often attractively planted with shrubs and evergreens, but sometimes little is done to enhance the side walls.  They are usually just as visible from the street

For over a century, European gardeners have made the most of their garden space, both decoratively and productively, in training fruit trees by the espalier system. This method has many

Expanses of unadorned walls are becoming a part of our American scene. This is equally true of residential as well as business structures. To the designer, these large unbroken areas