Crabapple Espalier - Four Tier - Blooms Starting - April 2026

In the Fall of 2021, I planted a pair of SugarTyme Crabapple (flowering) trees along the south-face of our house in a sunny spot.  These were my third set of espalier'd trees following my pair of Greenspire Lindens and the Apple-tree Belgian Fence.   My goal was to transform the big blank wall into something more 'green'.  

Over the years, these small trees began to grow and branch-out to what they've become today:  four-tiered horizontal cordons.    Here, below is a photo showing how they look today.   The tree on the left has the lowest tier still to grow outward.  But, the tree on the right is further-along.  

These trees are beginning to bloom.  Below is a photo showing some of the blooms beginning to open on the branches:

These needs a little bit of work this growing season.  My plan is to try to create a support system for them that will help straighten-out the branches and remove the arching curves to some of them.  I also am thinking that I might train a climbing hydrangea up this wall to get some additional height to soften the big wall.