Images
'French Vase'
'Espalier shape that resembles a brocante garden vase
Example
More info about this leifruit location
Description
A large 3D espalier shape in which framework branches are guided in the shape of a French garden vase. The number of framework branches is large, often 8-16 pieces.
Features of standard tree:
- framework branches guided in the shape of a French garden vase
- a large number of framework branches emerge from the bottom of the trunk via double T-junctions
- framework branches grow vertically, parallel, at regular intervals, with a circular basal surface
- espalier form requires a permanent espalier construction
- fruit wood is grown quite close to the framework branch
Note:
- Variants with (partly) horizontally running framework branches are also possible.
- In the 17th century, French garden vases, made of sandstone or cast iron, were often placed on a plinth and used as a decorative element in French formal gardens with neatly trimmed boxwood hedges (Baroque garden).
[mks_icon icon=”fa-thumbs-up” color=”#009900″ type=”fa”] For additional information see main article: Cylinder Forms.
Naming
Full name: form ‘French garden vase’ (with 8 branches)
Popular name:
‘French vase’
Synonym:
Historical name:
Vase
Alternative name:
This espalier shape was named a few centuries ago after the shape of a ‘vase’, a stone or cast iron object that was found in French castle gardens at the time. Because our current frame of reference is quite different from that of then, this historical espalier shape has been renamed ‘French vase’. This term is more in line with our world of experience. ‘Brocante’ garden vases are still popular as a decorative element for the garden.
Opinion
Suitable as a solitary tree.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-thumbs-up” color=”#009900″ type=”fa”] For additional information see main article: Cylinder Forms.
