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Perennials that die to the ground each Fall (which is most but not all of them) have to start from the ground-up again each Spring. If getting taller and taller is on your agenda (sometimes it isn't, as with the dwarf Solomon Seal that started this series), that means bigger and sturdier growth the taller you want to go. Unless you've realized that you can lean on your neighbors on the way up. Then you don't need to put as much energy into all of that bigger-and-sturdier growth, because you can borrow it from your friends.
Here, then, is just such a Solomon Seal,'Siberian Group'.
It's narrow flexible stems feel outward and upward for support that (true) I haven't yet provided. I'll partner this with a sympathetic "ballet boy" plant—one that's eager to stand there patiently while hoisting the more exciting ballerina ever higher.
Look at how Siberian Group gets and keeps ahold: The ends of the needle-like leaves elongate and curl into gentle hooks and handles....

...ready to accept the assist, willing or not, of anything nearby.
'Siberian Group', then, is a willowy sister of Blanche DuBois, also depending on the kindness of strangers.
Oh yes, Vivien, you've got more company than you know.