Dahlias: My earliest blooms ever, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Dan - I planted peonies from a very sweet DG person last fall in the revised former vegetable garden and didn't have enough peony hoops (having only one to spare for the many plants received) but I did have an old piece of wire fencing and formed it up and over the peonies and they did so well that now I want to buy more of it. The fencing held the peonies far better than the hoops do. You can spot it in the photo but it didn't detract from the beauty of Coral Charm.

Our Festiva Maxima is quite tall so I'm eager to try using the taller 48" fencing to see if it will help hold them upright through the spring rains.