STAKING AND TYING

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 22

STAKING AND TYING

PROTECTION FROM WINDY

WEATHER

The work of staking and tying plants must be taken in hand before they aro beaten down by wind or heavy rain. If onco the stems-are bent, the plants no vex- look well, and often they are broken when an^ attempt is^eventually made to get them upright again. Tho autumn-floweringAhiugs can take care

of themselves for a little while, but all the early-flowering subjects, such as Canterbury bells, anehusas, and delphiniums, /urgently demand attention. Although the stakes may look a little out of'place ,at first, it is best to, put them,in the fullUength requiredto meet the needs of the plants. It is, an easy matter to fix another string round the stakes as the plants attain their full height. Some plants will be satisfied with, one stake; but a strong clump will noed three. The best way to arrange the stakes is to put one behind tho plant" and one oneacb. side of it,' keeping them far enough apart to allow the plant enough, room to assume its Jiatural size and appearance. All staking and tying should be done so as to be almost invisible when the border is in full bloom. Large plants like hollyhocks should be given a good stout stake for each stem.