Trellis (architecture)
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A trellis is an architectural structure, usually made from an open framework or lattice of interwoven or intersecting pieces of wood, bamboo, or metal that is normally made to support and display clim
Trellis in the courtyard of the Wernberg monastery, Wernberg, Carinthia, Austria
A series of trellises forms the wall of a garden room.
A trellis supports a climbing rose in a raised garden box.
Trellis arcade supporting a vine in French India
Espalier
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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. Plants are frequently shaped in
Trellis (architecture)
…gardens. In the 19th century, Walt Whitman also mentioned a trellis in his poem Give me the Splendid, Silent Sun. Trellis was used to support shrubs in espalier, also to separate roads from thickets and diverse sections of vegetable gardens. These sorts of fences were made by the gardeners. When the art of…
A horizontal espalier
Free-standing espaliered fruit trees (step-over) at Standen, West Sussex. The trees are used to create a fruit border or low hedge.
Belgian fence
Belgian fence after an ice storm