{"id":13516,"date":"2012-06-12T11:06:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T18:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13516"},"modified":"2012-06-11T11:51:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T18:51:34","slug":"successful-staking-for-perennials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/successful-staking-for-perennials\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Staking for Perennials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is an art and a science to successfully staking your perennials and young plants. It can make a significant difference in a herbaceous border. Dahlias like space to themselves and can then produce a large individual plant, you may think these stakes are a bit optimistic.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5837149122\/\" title=\"Dahlia stakes by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3276\/5837149122_0c6b60cc33.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Dahlia stakes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Stake Perennials<\/p>\n<h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Staking should be done when the plant is about two-thirds of its final size. This is often late April or May.<\/li>\n<li>You need to judge how wide the plant will grow as well as how high.<\/li>\n<li>Surround the plant with a ring of stakes about every 8-12 inches<\/li>\n<li>If using Hazel stakes, weave the tops together to form a cage that the plant stems can grow through. Bought wire mesh can achieve the same effect and will be hidden when the plant completes its growth.<\/li>\n<li>Cut the bottom of the stake at a sharp angle so it goes into the ground more easily.<\/li>\n<li>The life of organic stakes can be increased if you shave off the bark and pith on the part of the stake that will be pushed into the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7266508590\/\" title=\"Woven garden plant support by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7087\/7266508590_6146c38741.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Newby Hall gardens plant support\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Types of Stakes for Perennials<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Birch, Willow and Hazel all make good stakes because they are pliable and twiggy.<\/li>\n<li>Bamboo canes are popular and can last 2-3 seasons.<\/li>\n<li>Plastic coated link stakes are designed to fix together. As long as the ground is even they work quickly<\/li>\n<li>Do not forget garden twine to support the plant. I like to tie string across as well as round but that depends on the weight of plant material and flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Tieing a stem to a single stake make a figure of eight loop around both to avoid cutting into the stem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7266609588\/\" title=\"Newby Hall gardens 2012 116 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7232\/7266609588_8d9a231d56.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Newby Hall gardens 2012 116\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis picture above is of a large arching cage built to support a climbing flowering plant like a clematis support. There are no hard and fast rules for staking but try to make the end result unobtrusive.<\/p>\n<p>Below is an angled  stake for use where the wind is high and you want the tree or shrub to be able to sway around to build up strength.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5486416510\/\" title=\"tree stake by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5252\/5486416510_c71cc59c55.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"tree stake\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an art and a science to successfully staking your perennials and young plants. It can make a significant difference in a herbaceous border. Dahlias like space to themselves and can then produce a large individual plant, you may think these stakes are a bit optimistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}