RE: staking the tall ones

I've actually been using rebar for staking recently.  It doesn't break off in the soil like stakes often will and pretty much blends in with everything.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alyce Elliott [a*@northnet.org]
> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 12:29 PM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: staking the tall ones
> 
> 
> 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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