Apple trees, trained to grow horizontally, along the wall at Grappenhall Heys walled garden, Cheshire, UK

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Espalier is the horticultural and ancient agricultural practice of controlling woody plant growth for the production of fruit, by pruning and tying branches to a frame, frequently in formal patterns, flat against a structure such as a wall, fence, or trellis, and also plants which have been shaped in this way

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © John Hopkins / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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