How Do You Espalier The Flowering Plum Tree?
Blooming early in spring, Japanese flowering plums produce single or double flowers in white and a range of pink shades. Dark purple foliage makes this a beautiful landscape specimen even out of bloom. Training flowering plums in the flat planes of espalier keeps them at a height and width easily enjoyed in smaller gardens. Choose the design of your espalier first. Use styles like the fan or informal espalier that need little pruning if you are a beginner. Use more complicated styles like crossover or arcure if you are familiar with espalier. Choose your flowering plum for bloom or growth type. Prunus triloba Multiplex has masses of double blooms. Thundercloud and Krauter Vesuvius have single blooms. Use a fast-growing cultivar like Thundercloud to speed training. Pick a whip, a single-stem plum without side branches that can be shaped as it grows. Buy from a reliable nursery or garden center where plants can be inspected. Select the place to train your flowering plum. Growing against
