The rain has stopped but the wind is still very strong, it has damaged my
beautiful lupins, they are bent rather than broken so should I try and give
them some support or wait till the wind has gone, and then tie them up.

kate

Gloucestershire

"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
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The rain has stopped but the wind is still very strong, it has damaged my
beautiful lupins, they are bent rather than broken so should I try and
give them some support or wait till the wind has gone, and then tie them
up.

In the very near future we are using a technique that I have seen for
keeping soft fruit bushes and the like upright.
Using a short row of 4 upright sturdy sticks at each end of the raised
flower bed we'll be suspending hemp string between them to form a lattice
taking each tall plant in between the spaces where the string crosses over,
sort of like a load of figure 8s with a plant in between.
A small piece of knotted string either side a few inches away will allow
some movement but restrain enough to keep the plants upright.
Hopefully the Irises, Lupins and Hollyhocks will survive future storms and
the foliage cover the strings sufficiently to hide them.

"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
...
The rain has stopped but the wind is still very strong, it has damaged my
beautiful lupins, they are bent rather than broken so should I try and
give them some support or wait till the wind has gone, and then tie them
up.

In the very near future we are using a technique that I have seen for
keeping soft fruit bushes and the like upright.
Using a short row of 4 upright sturdy sticks at each end of the raised
flower bed we'll be suspending hemp string between them to form a lattice
taking each tall plant in between the spaces where the string crosses
over, sort of like a load of figure 8s with a plant in between.
A small piece of knotted string either side a few inches away will allow
some movement but restrain enough to keep the plants upright.
Hopefully the Irises, Lupins and Hollyhocks will survive future storms and
the foliage cover the strings sufficiently to hide them.


That is brilliant and helpful, I am off to try it out right now, will also
use it on the tall foxgloves .
Thank you :-)

kate