I have some standard solomon's seal which gets quite large early in the season and then falls on its face. I'd like to actually SEE the flowers. Is there a way to make it stand up without making it look ridiculous?
How much sun does the plant receive? In my location, soloman's seal can take quite a bit of sun. I think it does better with about 4 hours of sun a day. RW
I have several large clumps of sol. seal and have never had a problem with them falling over or even leaning. My soil is usually fairly dry and I don't generally fertilize my plants. Maybe your soil is too good and rich for them. Mine are in mostly shade, so they don't need sun to stand upright.
My solomon's seal is under a 100-year old maple. It gets no direct sun and the soil is very poor. I occasionally give them compost, and the plants are quite robust except that they flop. I put them there because I wanted the height and few other plants will even grow there. I was hoping to get some ideas on how to support them.
your soil is probably so rich that they are growing at an overwhelming rate.I use bean pole stakes for mine.We grow thousands of these but I have some around my patio.
Maybe you could stick a bunch of thin, branched twigs around the plants before they grow tall. As they grow, they will lean on the twigs for support. this might not look too messy in a woodland setting. Another alternative is to mount a piece of wire screen with large openings (3 inches or so) horizontally about a foot above the ground. this requires at least four stakes to be placed at the corners of the screen for support. The plants grow up through the screen and it supports them as they mature. If the screen is black or dark green, it is fairly inconspicuous. I prefer the twigs because they are very easy.
