Frogleg expounded:

I have neither the $$ nor the patience to give each one a little
brace. I think I'll try shouting "'ten-SHUN!" instead.

Those green bamboo sticks don't cost much, and if you remember to
bring them in each year, they'll last two or more years. That's what I
spent last night doing, putting stakes along my hollyhocks, larkspur,
nicotianas, etc. It's been wet here again (we keep going wet then
dry, no evenness) and the hollyhocks are well on their way to seven
feet, so now they're falling over under their own weight.

A neighbor of mine has crocosmias, they're reliable for her, but her
garden is more sheltered than mine. I tried them, but they only made
it through one mild winter we had, the next one killed them (

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Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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