The Sloping Palmet is a trained form with sloping, parallel framework branches that lie in one flat plane.
Characteristics:
two-dimensional trained form with parallel framework branches
heart branch with framework branches trained in a sloping position
at least 2 levels of framework branches
fruit wood is grown close to the framework branch
For additional information see main article: Palmet.
Name Giving
Full Name: oblique palmet (with … frame branches)
Popular Name:
oblique palmet (with … stories)
Synonym:
Historical Name:
slanted palmet
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Advice
The Sloping Palmette is an important basic form. During its cultivation phase you can still switch to another espalier form. You can bend the young framework branches into, for example, a Horizontal Palmette or Candlebar Palmette. These espalier forms are initially cultivated as Sloping Palmette; in a later phase, the frame branches are put into a different, definitive shape.
For additional information see main article: Palmet.
Derived Variants
The following espalier shapes are derived from the basic shape.