How To Stake Delphiniums - expert advice

[@glgardener4972]

Fabulous garden and color.....Ireland is beautiful. You have a wonderful vista.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Many thanks

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I must have been so incredible to have Helen Dillon visit your BEAUTIFUL garden and I can't get over that was a year ago, its flown so fast :-) thanks a million for sharing this brilliant tip Rachel and sending you heaps of love and tons of happiness from Waterford to Wexford and have a MAGNIFICENT Thursday ahead today XXXXX

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you, Lyn. It was a day I will always remember :)

[@Susana1024]

Those are beautiful. Ill need to add them on my list to check out for my garden. Thank you for sharing that great moment, Rachel.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Easy from seed too, Susana.

[@Susana1024]

OH, that's a bonus!

[@MrDbremner]

You have a lovely garden there. Last year I used lots of canes and string to support mine and had some success. This year I am going to try these hoops and get them in now before the 'flop'!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Good luck

[@laurastout1827]

Beautiful garden

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you

[@orchidsadutchy4940]

I wish I had a garden and delphiniums to stake up. :) But I enjoy so much watching these gardening videos anyway. Thanks for sharing, Rachel! :) Beautiful blooms! I love the colour!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I am glad you find them interesting, even though you don't have a garden. Thanks, Andrea.

[@naturalPianoadastra]

I love blue Delphiniums... I tryed a couple of years ago but didn't really had a good result... I need to get some seeds and try again next spring!! :)

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Well, they are easy from seed!

[@rashadsmith3435]

Thanks for the tip! We will be staking ours this Spring!

[@MsStuff00]

Beautiful!!

[@cindycyr4272]

But don’t the flowers break off in windy days?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Strangely, no.

[@deirdrebrowne512]

Thank you for the staking advice. May I ask what is the pink flowering plant in front of the blue delphinium? Your garden looks beautiful.Deirdre

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I think you must be asking about Lychnis coronaria. Thanks for watching and have a great day.

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

I use those hoops sometimes to stake my big orchids . thanks for sharing.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I find the circular ones better for pots :)

[@jackiebissonette5203]

Hello from Lakeview, Michigan, USA. Your garden is stunning. How tall are your stakes overall and how far off the ground are they positioned?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you for your comment. You will have to judge the height of the peony hoops from the video as I'm not sure which ones were used in this video.

[@Misskimalee-b5p]

Beautiful garden! I will try this, my staking looks so foolish!

[@Lupo-ie4cu]

Beautiful delphiniums. What is the name of that pink bloom next to the delphiniums?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I think you mean Lychnis coronaria. This one... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rILClomXm5xomdk

[@ElizabethNinanDr]

very useful tip thank you

[@GardeningatDouentza]

:)

[@petermcguinness2735]

Also I just bought massive begonia hanging baskets for €8 each at my local nursery. A total bargain! At the end of the season should I dig the tubers up and plant them up again in Spring? Do you have a video on planting tubers?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Yes, lift the tubers in autumn. I think I do have a video about it. Let me check.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Here you go... kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ-4gnuHg8aHgsk

[@laurenk1082]

Thanks for the tip! Do you still tie the stems to the hoop or just surround in a full circle?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I just surround them in a full circle. Hope it works for you.

[@amylouise9113]

Hello from Waterford. Your garden is so beautiful! May I ask where did you get those hoops? Brilliant tip!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Too long ago to remember now but most good garden centres sell peony hoops.

[@amylouise9113]

@@GardeningatDouentza wonderful thank you, I'll check those out :)

[@maireadharkin5124]

A lovely piece on Helen , well done TFS Mairead in Dublin

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thanks for watching, Mairead.

[@rb1130]

Hello thanks for the advice. What is the tall pale green spike next to the delphinium?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I think you're talking about verbascum or mullein.

[@rosalieabdo3512]

Thank you for your wonderful video! Would you recommend planting delphiniums alongside a wall as opposed to grouped together as you have?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Near a wall would be fine but a sheltered position is good too. My delphiniums are very exposed here.

[@deirdrebrowne512]

Where did you buy the hoops for the Delphiniums please?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Hoops are available in many garden centres, sold as peony hoops.

[@petermcguinness2735]

Your delphiniums are beautiful. Can you recommend names of colourful flowers for shade?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

There are plenty of nice plants for moist shade. Dry shade is more tricky. If you're looking for spring colour, hellebores are a reliable one. In summer Japanese anemones or astilbe are very good. Japanese anemones do spread and spread though. If you just google 'summer flowers shade', you will get lots of suggestions.

[@zhenwang8579]

I did find hoops help, but if it's both rainiy and windy, nothing can support them well. Maybe I should create a micro climate for them, which is less windy

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Ah yes, they really do best in a sheltered position.

[@martineyeo7491]

I tried the low hoops and it didn't work. Several of my delphiniums' stems broke last year. I'm going for the higher hoops this year. I'm also going to get a different variety of delphiniums that have much stronger stems that don't need staking.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Sorry to hear that. Delphiniums with strong stems are a must really. Good luck.

[@lindalm5167]

@@GardeningatDouentza Yes, this is the first year I've managed to get some. I look forward to planting them! Yours are beautiful, by the way!

[@sava-qd2qo]

How tall are the stake?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

It depends how tall your delphiniums are. I guess the hoops (not stakes) should come up to about a third of the delphinium heigth.

[@xdrive300011]

Hi beautiful! dephenium is poisonous, right? how do you protect yourself?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Many garden plants are poisonous. I don't eat them and I've taught my children not to eat them too

[@巨門-y8i]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 1 question,can i grow it annually?like consolida?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Grow delphiniums as an annual? I guess you could because they flower in their first year from seed. But they would always be just small plants.

[@巨門-y8i]

Gardening at Douentza its fine because they died in summer

[@巨門-y8i]

Gardening at Douentza iwe grow them in winter or autumn and died in summer

[@patriciawalz7022]

I use a tomato cage