Product Reviews and Ratings - Flower Gardening - Linking Stakes from Gardener's Supply Company

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(based on 29 ratings)

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These are some of our most popular plant supports. The ingenious design will support almost any annual or perennial, from asters to zinnias. You can link together as many stakes as you need, and they can be easily moved or adjusted as the season progresses.

Versatile supports help flowers of any size stand tall

The best quality flower supports you can buy

Made of heavy-gauge, galvanized-steel wire

Durable epoxy coating deters rust

Dark-green color blends with foliage

More information for the Linking Stakes

Review Snapshot®

Avg. Customer Rating:

4.4 stars

(based on 29 reviews)

93% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:

Attractive(13), Durable(14), Easy to assemble(18), Extends season(3), Solid construction(6)

Best Uses:

Outdoors(19), Protect garden(5)

Describe Yourself:

Budget shopper(6), Do-it-yourself(4), Midrange shopper(14)

I Am A:

Couple no kids(6), Family older kids(8), Single female(4)

I would buy more of these .

By John the Gardner

from Boston, MA on 6/21/2010

Pros:

Attractive Design, Solid Construction, Weather Resistant

Best Uses:

Protect Garden

Describe Yourself:

Handyman

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

We grow beautiful perrenial Heliopsis but when they fall over they
obviously do not show off their lovely yellow flowers. These help
hold them up without damaging them.
I would buy more if I could afford to....

Super Easy!

By Shanna

from Southbury CT on 5/19/2010

Pros:

Flexible Design, Solid Construction, Weather Resistant

Cons:

None I could find

Best Uses:

Plant support

Describe Yourself:

Do-It-Yourself

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Easily supported large plants. The flexible design allows for odd shaped clumps. So far everything seems quite durable.

Going to purchase more of these

By kim from Monroe, MI on 4/15/2010

Pros:

Attractive Design, Extends Season, Solid Construction, Weather Resistant

Best Uses:

Flower support, Protect Garden, Storage

Describe Yourself:

Do-It-Yourself

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Just pulled these out this past weekend. I've purchased many supports in my garden career..these are very well designed.

Makes life easier with linking stakes

By Barbara

from Waldron, IN on 1/2/2010

Pros:

Attractive Design, Extends Season, Keeps Animals In/Out, Solid Construction, Weather Resistant

Best Uses:

Keeps plants off ground, Protect Garden

Describe Yourself:

Do-It-Yourself

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Keeps plants tall and off the ground, makes weeding so much easier and displays flowers to their best advantage.

Have to wait till spring/summer

By Sandy

from Elkton, Maryland on 12/19/2009

Describe Yourself:

Novice

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Right not we have about 12" of snow and more coming, so-o-o, I can't really comment on the product till I use them. They appear to be able to do the job of keeping my beautiful flowers standing tall. Hopefully, even in the high wind we get.

Great looking and very sturdy

By grannymi1

from Kalamazoo, MI on 10/24/2009

Pros:

Solid Construction

Describe Yourself:

Do-It-Yourself

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Will be using next spring to hold up my taller flowers that have in the past drooped to the ground

Prevents Plant Flop

By Cathy the garden maven

from Park Forest, Il on 9/19/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design

Best Uses:

Protect Garden

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

These stakes prevent the coneflower and monardia in the sun garden from falling into the parkway.
After installing (they were a little hard to get
even), the garden went from looking wild to luxuriant. They were almost invisible to the casual eye.

Attractive price

By Garden Lady

from Grand Ledge, MI on 9/19/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design, Extends Season, Solid Construction, Weather Resistant

Cons:

Difficult to Set-Up

Best Uses:

Protect Garden

Describe Yourself:

Novice

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

To keep taller plants from falling forward. Easily disappears into plant. It did take a while to figure out how many to use to obtain the right balance as one end has no leg.

Hidden support

By The scribe

from McCall, ID on 9/2/2009

Pros:

Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Budget Shopper

I Am A:

Couple No Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

After seeing my flower beds mature, I realize the taller plants need support during their bloom time. I have some of Gardener Supplies other plant supports and have been very pleased with the way they keep the taller flowers contained. The Linking Stakes seem a little more versital.

linking stakes

By Chet Okon

from Buffalo N.Y. on 8/31/2009

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Family Older Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

This product is the best I have found for holding up plants. They won't crack,rot and best of all they are hard to detect in the garden.

I've bought so many of these-great!

By Deb

from Glen Gardner, NJ on 8/20/2009

Pros:

Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Couple No Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

So easy to use and they hide so well in amongst my plants, you don't even know they're there!

Linking stakes: a mid-season must-have

By Catherine, The Lazy Gardener

from Larchmont NY on 8/4/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design, Durable, Easy To Assemble, Reusable

Cons:

After 3 years they chip

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Family Older Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Linking stakes are great when you've forgotten to stake plans early on, or a plant you thought would be shorter grows very tall. Some places I leave them up all winter to remind me of how tall the plants get and where they are. The only drawback to that is they chip after a few years.

The green color blends nicely into the foliage, and you can make any shape, a huge plus, since plants never spread in perfect circles. These stakes can expand with your plants!

I bought 2 sets to start and now have about 6. Get the large and small. links, for different sized plants.

Ingenious Design

By Ethatkns

from Florence, CO on 7/21/2009

Pros:

Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Living Room, Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Budget Shopper

I Am A:

Couple No Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I first used my Linking Stakes to hold up my big rubber plant. I then used them outside to hold my Bee Balm in some kind of order, ( it was wanting to lie down ). They are wonderful.

A great way to help plants stand

By Green Thumb

from Houston, TX on 7/7/2009

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Assemble

Cons:

End could be pointier

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Budget Shopper

I Am A:

Family Older Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I love these things. Here in my garden everything grows tall so this product has helped a lot. I have purchased all different heights.

Gret Support

By 4iloveflowers

from utah on 7/6/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design, Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Single Female

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

These connecting support stakes work great.

A variety of uses

By JP

from Lincoln, NE on 7/4/2009

Pros:

Easy To Assemble

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Family Older Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Flexible design allows this product to be used just about anywhere you have flowers shorter than 30" (medium height stakes). A set of three can be used to stake spindly flowers yet a series of 10-12 are useful for keeping the salvia border plantings from laying on the ground after a rain. The interlocking design is ingenious and simple.

DON'T BUY THESE, BUY THE MINIS

By Garden Center writer

from New York on 6/30/2009

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Couple No Kids

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

By the time the plants are tall enough to warrant this size stake, their growing pattern is too unwieldy. I highly recommend the mini stakes, used early in the season.

I would definitely buy these again

By Een

from West Chester, Pa. on 6/30/2009

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Couple No Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I love these for tall plants. They are so easy to install and put an arm around tall plants that want to flop over shorter ones in front of them without trying to gather them into a ring that might cause some breakage.

THE MINI STAKES ARE A BEST BUY

By Garden Center writer

from New York on 6/30/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design, Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Couple No Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Using the mini stakes early in the season trains the growth habit of your plants, and allows for a tidy looking garden that doesn't allow plants that can take up a lot of space (such as Russian Sage and peonies) to also take up the available light. Also, using them early in the season allows the plants to grow to their full height potential and the stakes blend into the lower third of the plant, making them nearly invisible.

Could be sturdier

By pepper

from Western Oregon on 6/29/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design

Cons:

Flimsy

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I have other linking type plant stakes that are sturdier. These would be O.K. if you were pushing them into soft, moist soil. However, if the soil is not, it is a bit of a stuggle to get them in as they wobble and bend.

Just the thing

By Daily Gardener

from San Jose CA on 6/27/2009

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Budget Shopper

I Am A:

Family Older Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I have some unruly, florist-length alstromeria and the only way I've found to control them is with these stakes. I usually prefer the curved linked stakes but these are taller and work better for these particular plants.

Flowers don't grow in a straight line

By PA Gardnerer

from Endless Mountains, Pa on 6/27/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design, Durable, Easy To Assemble, Flexibility

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Budget Shopper

I Am A:

Single Female

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I love the fact that you can use as many or as few stakes as needed to provide support. I can move them from flower bed to flower bed based on what is growing when. The versatility makes them so very useful.

Exactly as advertised

By T J

from Waretown, NJ on 6/24/2009

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Single Female

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I use for hardy hibiscus...does not detract from the plant and keeps it in control and where it should be

Support your plants

By becky, the reluctant gardener

from Forest Grove, OR on 6/23/2009

Pros:

Easy To Assemble, Easy to store

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Budget Shopper

I Am A:

Family Older Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Their sizing is flexible.
They can be used to contain many different types of plants.

Strong & Rust proof

By mprphome

from Round Lake, IL on 6/18/2009

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Assemble

Cons:

Not strong for peonies

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Family Young Kids

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I got 12 links to support two peonies. Unfortunately, that length was not enough. After the first thunderstorm, the peonies fell to the ground. The links are strong, so I plan to get some more to increase the length. I think that should help.

Great product with a multitude of uses.

By Linda, the flower lover.

from Olmsted Township, Ohio on 6/16/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design, Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Single Female

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

I'm using this product to support some good size perenials. I love the fact that you can use part of the product or all.

Extraordinary Stakes

By Lady Di

from Syracuse, NY on 6/16/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design, Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Family Older Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Looks very natural and not intrusive in the garden.

This is my 2nd set of these!

By Marian the librarian

from Indiana on 6/15/2009

Pros:

Attractive Design, Durable, Easy To Assemble

Best Uses:

Outdoors

Describe Yourself:

Midrange Shopper

I Am A:

Family Older Kids

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

Some of my hybrid irises are so heavy that they have to be staked. These are nearly invisible against the foliage and very sturdy (I had to buy more because my irises are spreading, NOT because the original set wore out), and now that the irises are finished blooming the stakes will move on to hold up annuals.

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I would buy this product again and again

By Linda

from Kiel, WI on 7/9/2008

Pros:

Durable, Good Value, High Quality

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Linking Stakes:

The mini linking stakes are great for supporting plants. The stakes are of excellent quality, strong, and very durable.

Customer Reviews about the Linking Stakes at Gardener's Supply Company