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Re: Delphinium Question

I am certainly no delphinium expert, but everything I've ever read about
them says you have got to stake the tall ones, tying the canes in several
spots and just under the flower head.  Someone else with practical
experience is bound to respond here-- please!

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor:  Gardening in Shade
http://www.suite101.com

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> From: McAlpine, Duncan G <Duncan.McAlpine@PSS.Boeing.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 01, 1997 12:10 PM
> 
> Here in the lovely Pacific Northwest, we still have the wet a dreary
> fall weather and my
> Delphiniums just received a heavy down poor of rain.  The perfectly tall
> and masterful English
> Delphiniums are drooping and need extra support to show the grace of a
> good spring day.
> 
> Now we are heading into the stage of the post Delphinium growth where
> the seed heads are
> forming and the steams are becoming top heavy.....what is recommended in
> keeping these
> beauties around longer? I would hate to see them bend and break.
> 
> If I wanted to take cuttings, when is the proper time and what do I look
> for? Do I need a
> special vase or special instructions? What do they do for the shows?

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