ordering information.

Ordering Your Tree

Retail Sales
Apple Art Espalier is delighted to announce that we now have a large selection of espaliered trees available for retail purchase at Garden Valley Ranch in Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA.  The friendly sales staff at Garden Valley Ranch are happy to assist you in choosing the right shape and variety for your location. 

To order a tree (sorry, no wholesale or landscaper discounts available through our retail outlet), call or visit
Garden Valley Ranch: 498 Pepper Road, Petaluma, CA 707.795.0919

Wholesale Sales
Contact Apple Art Espalier for all wholesale purchases (see below for info on landscaper/nursery discounts):
espalier@comcast.net or message phone: 707.824.2940 (it may take up to 24 hours for your call to be returned).

Choosing Your Tree
Variables that dramatically influence the needs of different customers include: the pollination requirements of the different trees, climate, the various forms of espalier and how they suit the specific varieties, and, of course, personal taste. We like to spend time with all our customers, determining what their individual needs are, so we can ensure that each person purchases the ideal espalier for his or her garden. You can download our current availability list here. For some ideas about what your specific requirements are, please refer to our Cultivation and/or Frequently Asked Questions sections

Shaping and Maintenance
Our espaliers are grown in 15-gallon containers and in 24" boxes, and are trained along permanent fences. They are trained for one to three years, in several different forms. Most, however, are trained in the "Tiered" form (also known as the "Horizontal Cordon"), which is versatile and easy to re-train into other designs, such as the "Palmette Verrier" or the "Candelabra." (For more information on the various forms of espalier, please refer to our Popular Designs page.) Our espaliers do not come with a trellis; we take them off our permanent fences for you to bring home and attach to your own structure, tailored to your specific situation.

Shipping
Our espaliers can be shipped via truck to any of the 48 contiguous states. Please be aware that this can be very expensive, depending upon your location and the number of trees being shipped. Approximately four trees fit into one box, and as the cost of shipping is determined by the size of the box rather than its weight, four trees do not cost much more to ship than does one. Shipping costs are ultimately determined by the cost of the box, the trucking company's fees, and our handling fee for the barerooting and packaging of the trees. We can only ship trees during the bareroot season, which is from December to March in Northern California. If you live within a few hours of Sonoma County, we can deliver our trees to you at any time of the year. Delivery charges are $35.00 per hour, including round-trip driving time.

Discounts
We offer a discount for landscapers and contractors with proper identification; 15% for one to four trees, and 20% for five or more. We require payment in full at the time of order, or a 25% non-refundable deposit. We also offer wholesale prices to nurseries for resale. Download our nursery wholesale price list here.