Peony Support
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Peonies at full height getting ready to bloom. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
“…my peonies fall over especially when blooming. Is there a way to keep them upright?” — Sue
Peony Support
Hi Sue, you can find peony support cages at home and garden centers designed to help hold up those flower-heavy peony stems.
The trick to using them is to have them on the plants when they first start coming out of the ground. I tried to wrestle a teenage peony plant into one a few years back; don’t recommend it.
Peony cages help hold peony leaves off the ground. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
Before I found these peony cages I used tomato cages cut in half. You will need wire cutters to snip the metal but short of muscle to cut those work well, too.
I have also seen wooden stakes, 3 or 4 per plant, with twine that can hold the peony leaves and flowers off the ground.
