What's a Pleached Tree?

Pleaching is a very specific garden term. It refers to a way of interlacing young tree branches along a framework to produce a screen or hedge. The pleaching technique is a style of growing trees in a line with their branches tied together to form a plane above the trunk.

What is a pleached tree?

Pleached trees are trees that have been trained to form a stunning screen of branches and foliage on a single, straight stem. ... Pleached trees are often used to screen unsightly buildings and can be grown above an existing wall or fence for added privacy. The stems of our pleached trees are generally between 1.

Why are trees pleached?

Pleaching is a method of training trees to produce a narrow screen or hedge by tying in and interlacing flexible young shoots along a supporting framework. Use this technique to make walks, arbours, tunnels and arches.