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Old 04-03-2003, 12:15 PM
Karen Fletcher
 
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Default making peony supports

Will Renkel wrote:
: "Shadow" writes:
:
: Can anyone help me find a web site or instructions on making peony
: supports?

I save all the twiggy trimmings off my butterfly bushes and just stick
them in the ground when the peonies are emerging. The peonies grow up
into them and look quite natural. I've yet to have one flop even in heavy
rains and high winds. Cuttings from any twiggy shrub should work.

- Karen, confirmed low-tech gardener

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