DIY Espalier

For the longest time, I have wanted to add a vine to our fence that separates our back yard from our neighbors.  The bed in front of the fence is filled with hydrangeas, flowering perennials, and edged with boxwood.  We love spending our time on the patio beside the garden and try to do all we can to make this tiny space extra special.  It is all about the details after all.  I've been saving images of pretty vines trained to climb walls and over the weekend we finally tackled this project (we meaning Mr.).  Not sure why it took us so long because it literally took us 10-15 minutes!

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After lots of conversation and research on vines, we decided to go with teardrop ivy.  There are so many vines that can be trained this way, but for our space/lighting/zone, etc. this seemed to be the way to go.

We went with a "two x" pattern.  Mr. screwed three screws across the bottom and three across the top, equidistant from each other.

We happened to have copper wire on hand for the trellis.

It was super bendable and easy enough to twist around the screws to secure it into place.

We looked for plants that had long tendrils to get a jump start on the training process.

I will be sure to post more pictures once our espalier is established.  Fingers crossed it grows fast!

This girl was itching to get in the garden and help which is a no-no ;).  #bullinachinashop