Your garden is like a stage set, and to keep the spotlight on the main players you need props to help them. Plant supports will prevent top-heavy flowers such peonies and floppy vines (looking at you, sweet peas) from toppling over in the garden. Here are 10 favorites to buy:
We’ve rounded up 10 stylish plant supports, each with its own specialized purpose. Get them onstage now, before the hollyhocks grow too top heavy for help:
Above: Made of raw metal, a Barrington Spiral Plant Support has a decorative steel ball on its tip. Designed to rust over time in the garden, it is designed to support vines such as sweet peas and jasmine; £14 from Garden Trading. Above: Garden teepees are useful structures to train vines such as clematis. Originally available in three sizes, a Woven Willow Obelisk currently is in stock only in a small size. It is is 28 inches high and $18 from Terrain. Above: Place a steel Domed Plant Support powder coated in a green finish over a mounding perennial. The plant will grow through the wire and the cage will disappear beneath foliage and flowers. It is available in two sizes for £22.99 or £29.99 depending on size, from Crocus. Above: A woven Bamboo Cloche (medium size) is an ideal support for a mounding plant such as a pelargonium, which will grow through its web and hide the cloche beneath flowers. It is $80 NZ from Garden Objects. Above: A 78-inch-high Essex Tuteur designed to support flowering vines is made of powder coated steel; $74.95 from Gardener’s. Above: A 24-inch-tall Green Plant Prop is made of steel with a green vinyl coating and designed to “prevents single stem specimen flowers such as orchids and lilies from topping over.” It is 53 cents from My Hardware Supply. Above: A 20-inch-high metal Garden Cloche Plant Protector Bell is $22.75 at Amazon. Above: Tall galvanized steel Garden Obelisks in two shapes (Pyramid is 82 inches high and Round is 79 inches high) are $215 and $199 respectively from Lee Valley. Above: Freestanding wire Hooped Metal Plant Supports for shrubs and fruit trees are 9.50€ from Manufactum. Above: A set of two Adjustable Grow-Through Supports are available in three sizes and are useful for holding bushy plants such as peonies in place. A set is fro, $32.95 to $49.95 from Gardener’s.
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