Pleaching or plashing is a technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge creating a fence, hedge or lattices. Trees are planted in lines, and the branches are woven together to strengthen and fill any weak spots until the hedge thickens.

Are pleached trees high maintenance?

It's quite a low-maintenance process as it only needs to be done once or twice a year - late winter can be a good time to do this, as you can assess any winter damage and trim the tree before the leaves grow back in spring.

What is the difference between pleached and Espalier?

Pleached trees are created by training trees to a square frame, tying in and interlacing flexible young shoots along a supporting framework; creating a slim canopy. Espalier trees is the term used for pleached fruit trees, designed so that sun can shine on the fruit.