staking the tall ones
- Subject: staking the tall ones
- From: Alyce Elliott a*@northnet.org
- Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 15:29:00 -0400
Hi Folks,
What is your favorite method of staking delphiniums? other tall
perennials? I've been using single bamboo garden stakes, but I'm looking
for something more efficient and more attractive. I'm trying low hoops of
poplar withes, (each end stuck in ground; neverending supply of those since
poplars line my driveway.) These seem less obtrusive than the bamboo
stakes but I don't know how they'll last throughout the summer; they'll
probably sprout!
My delphinium 'Dark Knight' (ca. five years old) has sixteen stems; I saw a
lavender delphinium up here in the north country with too many stems to
count, but sixteen is the most for me so far. I grow white, lavender, and
purple dels. I have a bright royal blue with white bees that I'm trying to
ignore till I decide what to do with it. It's a total color mistake in my
garden but you just don't throw out a large established delphinium. Maybe
over at the end of the meadow... or maybe down the road...
Alyce Elliott
northern NY zone 4
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