Fruit trees are the most attractive espaliers precisely because of their gnarliness—it creates structural interest that the winter garden might otherwise miss sorely:
![In a city garden in London, brick walls are softened by climbing vines and roses, as well as by espaliered apple trees. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Gardenista.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/london-city-garden-matthew-williams-733x505.jpg)
![An evergreen olive hedge and an espaliered apple tree in my front garden share a water source (a single drip irrigation line services both). Photograph by Matthew Williams for Gardenista.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/olive-hedge-espalier-apple-tree-matthew-williams-733x933.jpg)
![Pleached crabapple trees. Photograph by Britt Willoughby Dyer.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pleaching-winter-pleached-crabapples-gardnista-733x1099.jpg)
Above: An espaliered tree in a back corner of designer Neisha Crosland’s London garden. Photograph by Christine Hanway.
Above: An espaliered apple tree (L) and trellised vines in antiques collector Will Fisher’s London garden. Photograph by Christine Hanway.
For more, see DIY: Pruning Fruit Trees in Winter.
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