Following "Introduction to dendextend" from Tal Galili, I applied this code on iris data: ## library(dendextend) library(dendextendRcpp) library(ggplot2) dend2 <- iris[1:30,-5] %>% dist %>% hclust %>% as.dendrogram %>% set("branches_k_color", k=3) %>% set("branches_lwd", rep(1,4)) %>% set("branches_lty", rep(1,6)) %>% set("labels_colors") %>% set("labels_cex", c(1.0,1.0)) %>% set("nodes_pch", 19) %>% set("nodes_col", c("orange", "black", "plum", NA)) ggd2 <- as.ggdend(dend2) ggplot(ggd2, horiz = TRUE, theme = NULL) My problem is that the labels overlap the dendogram leafs and I have no idea on how parameter hjust or vjust may be used to create space between label and leaf. Thanks for any help, Sergio [[alternative HTML version deleted]]