Hydrangeas: How to hold up an Incrediball?, 1 by pastime

pastime wrote:
My daughter recently went on a garden tour on Chicago's north shore. There she saw an innovative way some gardeners propped up falling-over plants. They used small tree branches that had forks in them. They stuck them in the ground in front of the stems they wanted to support, resting the stems in the forks. I tried it with my Liliums that always fall over and lay on the ground. I think it looks very natural and a lot better than laying on the ground or trying to stake individual stems. The more forks in the branch, the better. As soon as my Annabelles start to fall over, I will try doing the same thing only with stronger branches. Here's a picture of my lilies propped up using branches. My flash distorted the colors on the red lilies, but you get the idea. The lilies in the background are also propped up using branches.