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Lush flowers in a flower bed need beautiful framing and support. Support for peonies is also necessary for practical purposes: even with a slight wind, the stems of the plant tend to the ground, large buds crumble. You can make a beautiful frame with your own hands without spending a lot of time and money on it.
The need to install a support for peonies
During the budding period, the stems of peonies can break off under the weight of the inflorescences. After the rain, the bush disintegrates, looks sloppy. To preserve its natural shape, to prevent the stems from breaking off, to show all the beauty of a flowering plant, support is needed. You can make it beautifully, in the form of a flowerpot or an ornate hedge, this will only decorate the flower bed.
How to make a stand for peonies with your own hands
Supports for peonies can be made by hand according to the photo instructions. This will require construction tools, fittings, plastic pipes, all kinds of fasteners.
Stand No. 1 for peonies from plastic pipes
The product is easy to make at home. This will require tools and supplies.
The design is easy to use by putting it on a bush with peonies
What you need to make a support:
- metal-plastic water pipe with a diameter of 20 or 26 inches (approximately 5-6 m);
- wood scraps;
- plastic barrel (its diameter should correspond to the dimensions of the future support);
- screwdriver;
- country house reinforced irrigation hose (its diameter should be slightly larger than the diameter of the metal-plastic), the hose should be tightly fitted;
- self-tapping screws.
Support materials are prepared in advance so that everything is at hand.
Algorithm of actions:
- The metal-plastic pipe is laid out along its entire length on a flat surface.
- A metal barrel is rolled over it so as to wind the plastic around the container. This material is flexible, bends well and takes on a rounded shape.
The first curl is wound on the barrel, then the plastic is rolled up along the entire length in the same way
- In the process, you should get a blank in the form of a spiral.
Each subsequent curl should lie next to the previous one, and not go over it
- The resulting spiral is cut in only one place. As a result, you get 3 circles.
- The ends at the incision site are connected with a piece of irrigation hose (length 10-15 cm).
The length of the hose can be increased, thereby varying the diameter of the circle
- The plastic blank is divided into 3 equal sectors, marks are put.
- For further work on the manufacture of the support, you will need 2 such circles. Self-tapping screws are screwed into one of the marked places.
- From the same pipe, you need to cut 3 columns 40 cm long.
- A wooden chop is hammered into one end of the columns.
A wooden insert will allow you to connect the rack to a circle by screwing a screw into them
- The racks are connected to the circle with screws. To do this, through a plastic circle, in places where there are marks, they drive a self-tapping screw and screw it into a rack where there is a wooden chop.
- The bottom ring is directly attached to the uprights with screws.
Before using a self-made peony support, the plant is pre-tied up. Then the rack is put on from above, passing the stems through the lower circle. It is important not to damage the buds in the process.
The plastic support is lightweight, easy to mount and dismantle, and is not affected by precipitation
Stand No. 2 for peonies made of plastic pipes
It is even easier to make a prefabricated support for peonies from plastic pipes. For its manufacture, you will need special tees for PVC pipes.
Such a device will serve as a fastener for structural elements.
Required materials and tools:
- plastic pipe;
- 3-4 tees of suitable diameter;
- scissors for metal plastic or a hacksaw.
- roulette.
Pipes are taken in such an amount as to cut a circle out of it for support and support.
Algorithm of actions:
- A segment equal to the circumference of the future support is cut off from the pipe.
- As in the first option, you can twist the plastic using a barrel.
- 3 or 4 tees are put on the resulting circle, one of them should connect the edges.
- Then, racks 0.5 or 0.6 m long are cut from consumables.Their number is equal to the number of tees.
- The resulting supports are led into tees with one end, and the other end is left free.
- A plastic stand is put on the overgrown peony, and the racks are deepened into the ground.
This is a simple version of a support for bush peonies, you can assemble it as a constructor
Stand number 3 for peonies with your own hands from fittings
Such a fence is suitable for those flower growers who do not accept peony stands made of plastic pipes in flower beds, as they do not look quite natural. Eco-style flower beds need other materials.
To make the support, you will need 5-6 reinforcement rods, you can take any diameter, the length depends on the height of the bush. The work on making the fence is simple: the rods are bent in the shape of a semicircle, the free ends are fixed in the ground, forming a fence.
A simple solution when the support looks delicate, decorative, but suitable only for low bushes
For taller plants, it is better to make a large-scale product. Thin reinforcement lends itself well to action, it is easy to bend it.
If you have a special tool from the reinforcement, you can assemble a comfortable, thin support that does not hide the beauty of the plant.
The structure is made in accordance with the height and volume of the bush. To assemble such a support, you will need a welding machine, it will help to fasten the parts of the product.
How beautiful to tie peonies
For these purposes, simple designs are used that are easy to make with your own hands. There is an old, proven way to tie peonies beautifully; it is easy to make such a hedge from a photo.
The old way
In a similar way, bush peonies have been tied up for a long time. Such a fence does not look pretentious, simple and natural.
Tool, materials:
- roulette;
- wooden pegs;
- hammer;
- twine.
The pegs are cut with a height corresponding to the length of the peony stems, while the buds should be on top of the structure. It should also be borne in mind that wooden supports by 10-15 cm will be deepened into the ground.
Algorithm of actions:
- Pegs are driven around the bush from 4 sides.
It is important to fix the supports at the same distance from each other and from the plant
- Notches are made on the pegs along the entire length so that the twine does not slide off when winding.
- They take a rope, tie it tightly to one peg and begin to wrap it around other posts in a circle.
- In several places, the twine is fixed by tying it with a strong knot to a peg.
The hedge does not need to be made too dense, as the greenery of the plant will not be visible.
Using the grid
The garden mesh keeps the shape of the bush well and looks presentable. Experienced flower growers recommend tying peonies with a green net, as in the photo:
The support does not argue with the bright greenery of the bush, merges with it, looks organic
A layer of 0.4 or 0.5 m is cut from such material. The bush is simply girded with a net, the edges are fixed with a thin wire.
There is another more laborious way. For its implementation, you need a grid with a large cell (5x10 cm). It is placed on sprouting peonies, pegged on each side. As they grow, the stems of the shrub will stretch upward, occupying the cells of the cover. Once every 3 weeks, the net is raised higher so that the flowers can grow freely. There is no need to fasten the embossed support: it is held by the foliage, while preventing the stems from bending.
Conclusion
The support for peonies should be lightweight, mobile, fit into the landscape of the garden or flower bed. Finished forged products are not cheap, they are heavy, and it is difficult to transfer them from place to place. It is not necessary to buy expensive peony stands, just make them yourself, as shown in the photo above.
