Plant supports....how much!!?

[MaryIsA]

Just done some fantasy shopping on Sarah Raven website for plant supports.

2 for peonies. 2 for dahlias and 4 border supports...£600!

Ok they look beautiful, would last for ever, my nephew and nieces could inherit them as heirlooms,...per use they’d be minimal a year.

But fgs. What do normal people buy and use thar looks ok?

LOL @ heirlooms.
There was a thread recently.

That's helpful thank you. harrod horticultural look nice and tiny bit cheaper than sarah raven.

I want to be able to leave them up all year round ideally as don't really have anyhwere to store them in the winter. So they need to look OK....

Canes and netting just look a bit naff when I do it.

I find Wilco’s does great plant supports. When the plant grows you can’t see them anyway. I’ve bought their obelisks which start off shiny, but then dull down to look like old pewter.
Also I’ve bought from antique centres and reclamation, not as expensive as you might think for a statement piece.

I'd love some reclaimed ones. We don't have a wilkos but do have similar so I'll have a look.

I am a great fan of wilkos plant supports. I have some that I have been using for years.
I did buy one of their cheap garden arches but that rusted after a couple of years so I wouldn’t buy again but I have several of their cheap obelisk that are still going strong and now covered with clematis you can hardly see the metal.
I noted this year they have a new expanding willow which at only £10 is worth taking a chance on to grow a black eyed Susan vine up.

No way would I spend £600 when I can do the same job for £60. I want to display the plants not the supports.

Just buy cheap ones then spray paint them in an external matt paint of your choice, ie pewter, copper, whatever.

plantsupports.co.uk seem quite reasonable for galvanised metal, I'd like a dome one for my peony.

I like their wine glass holders,...www.plantsupports.co.uk/p/wine_glass_holder_75cm_high_g0003

clicky link

www.plantsupports.co.uk/p/wine_glass_holder_75cm_high_g0003