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Peony supports/cages wanted

sandyvsandyv Posts: 111
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Does anyone know where I can buy these online? I want some exactly like this, no multiple rings, no curves, no bells, no whistles or finials. The only place I've ever seen them is at the Malvern shows. I believe they are called Peony supports/cages.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,738
    edited April 2022
    My daughter @WonkyWomble knows someone in Suffolk who can make them … he has a stall at local markets etc.  Perhaps it’s worth asking around locally? Oh sorry just seen that you specifically said online. My mistake. 😞 

    Or there’s these but you’d need a hacksaw  blade or file or somesuch to take its knobs off
    https://www.harrodhorticultural.com/search.html?q=Support
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,180
    I use this company
    https://www.plantsupports.co.uk/

    Peony supports tend to have ball finials, but they also do plain ones. I have some for other tall perennials.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TackTack Posts: 1,150
    Searching Grow Through Plant Support gets you various hits, like this https://www.plantsupports.co.uk/c/grow_through_s

    Central southern England
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,180
    That's the one I mentioned  :)
    They're very good. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,123
    There are some close to your specifications here. I have used their products; they’re very good.

    https://www.gapgardenproducts.com/garden-products/plant-supports/
    Rutland, England
  • NollieNollie Posts: 6,748
    Another vote for plantsupports.co.uk, what you are after are called grow-through supports as Tack says. Peony supports tend to be sturdier and more expensive, do they actually need to be or is this just a way of squeezing more cash out of you? Don’t know!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I.have found that some peony supports are too narrow at the base, difficult to put over a mature peony without piercing the roots.
    They flare out nicely for the stems to arch gracefully but the narrow base lets them down.

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 11,158
    Plantsupports.co.uk do show at Malvern, so that may well be the company you saw there  :)
  • sandyvsandyv Posts: 111
    I've spent hours looking for these, and thanks to you all I've found them. The ones advertised by PlantSupports are exactly the same sizes and designs as the ones I have, so probably it was them who were selling them at Malvern.
    I've found them really sturdy and durable and thoroughly recommend them.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 3,738
    I make my own. Tutorial on my garden site here.
    You are invited to a virtual visit of my garden (in English or in French).
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