Plastic Edging Spikes (pack of 10)
Price: €9
| Material | Heavy duty plastic composite |
|---|---|
| Design | Spiral hammer in stake |
| Corrosion | Will not rust |
| Pack sizes | 10, 50 and 100 |
| Suits | Paver edging, landscape edging, weed fabric, artificial turf, tree ties and temporary structures |
Tracked delivery anywhere in Europe. It is free on orders of €100 or more, and a flat €25 below that. Allow 5 to 7 days, after a 24 to 48 hour handling time.
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 you have 14 days from delivery to cancel for any reason, and a further 14 days to send it back in resaleable condition. We refund the price you paid, including standard delivery. You cover the cost of returning it unless the item is faulty.
If it arrives faulty, damaged or not as described, we put it right at no cost to you under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 and the EU Sale of Goods Directive 2019/771, return postage included.
None. Plastic composite needs no maintenance in the ground. Lift and reuse them if you move the edging.
About this product
Heavy duty plastic composite spikes. They do not rust, so they suit fabric, turf and paver edging.
A straight peg hammered into soil comes back out again over a winter. A spiral one has to be turned or torn out, which is why it holds.
These are heavy duty plastic composite, so there is nothing to corrode and nothing to stain a paving edge.
The spiral design also reduces ground heave, which is the frost cycle slowly lifting a peg out of the soil.
They are not just for edging: weed fabric, artificial turf, tree ties, lawn ornaments, inflatables and tents all take the same peg.
Packs of 10, 50 and 100.
Pegging something down is easy. Keeping it pegged through a winter is the harder problem, and it is where a straight peg quietly fails.
The mechanism is ground heave. Water in the soil freezes, expands, and lifts everything in it very slightly. Thaw, and the soil settles back but the peg does not go all the way with it. Repeat that over a season and a straight peg is standing proud of the ground with the fabric flapping.
A spiral peg resists that, because the thread has to shear its way back through the soil rather than simply sliding. It is the same principle as a screw against a nail.
Plastic composite is the right material for a peg used with fabric, turf and paving. Steel pegs are stronger, but they corrode, and corrosion on a peg holding down weed fabric under pale gravel means a rust stain exactly where you can see it.
The trade off is honest. Plastic will not drive into stony or heavily compacted ground the way a steel spike will, and it can shear if you hit it badly off centre. For steel edging in firm ground, the 100 mm steel spikes in this range are the tool. For fabric, turf and plastic edging, these are.
They lift and reuse, which matters if you are the kind of gardener who moves a bed every few years.
Still deciding?
You can change your mind. Under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 you have 14 days from delivery to cancel for any reason, and a further 14 days to send it back in resaleable condition. We refund the price you paid, including standard delivery.
If it turns up faulty, damaged or not as described, that is on us. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 covers you, we pay the return postage, and you can have a repair, a replacement or your money back. Read the full detail on our refunds and returns page, or ask us anything before you order.
Got questions?
Because a spiral has to shear its way back through the soil to move, while a straight peg slides. It is the difference between a screw and a nail.
Water freezing in the soil expands and lifts everything in it. On thaw the soil settles but the peg does not fully go back down, so over a season a straight peg works its way out.
Heavy duty plastic composite, so there is nothing in them to corrode.
No. That is the main reason to choose plastic over steel for pegs sitting under fabric or pale gravel, where a rust stain would show.
Three: 10, 50 and 100.
It depends on the edging. Our plastic kit and steel ranges include their own spikes. These are for edging or fabric that does not, and for adding extra hold on curves.
Yes, and it is one of the jobs they do best, because the spiral holds fabric down through a winter where a straight peg lifts.
Yes, they are listed for artificial turf. Check the turf manufacturer's own fixing guidance as well.
Yes. The spiral design is useful for anything under tension, including tree ties and inflatables.
Less easily than steel. Plastic can shear if it hits a stone or if you strike it off centre. Stony or compacted ground is a job for the steel spikes.
Steel for steel edging in firm ground. These for plastic edging, fabric, turf and anywhere corrosion would show.
Hammer them in, ideally with a rubber mallet so you do not split the head. Keep the blow square.
Yes. Lift them carefully and they can be reused when you move a bed or replace fabric.
Black.
A length is not published for this item. Contact the team if you need the dimension before ordering.
The live listing says they will not deteriorate. Most of the peg sits below ground where UV cannot reach it, and we would not claim any plastic is unaffected by decades of direct sun.
They are listed for paver edging restraint. For heavy vehicle loading over a driveway edge, steel is the safer choice.
Our plastic kit and the steel ranges include their own spikes. These are sold separately for edging that does not, or for extra hold.
Yes, for anchoring liners or fabric. They are not a structural fixing.
Drive them fully home so the head sits flush. A proud peg head is what a mower blade finds.
Once driven flush they present no sharp edge. Keep loose spikes out of reach before they go in.
Add pegs. Curves pull against the fixing, so closer spacing is the answer.
None. Plastic composite in the ground needs nothing.
The spiral helps in loose ground, since there is more surface for the soil to grip. Very loose sand may need longer fixings.
No recycling information is published for this item. Contact the team if that matters to you.
Per peg, the larger packs. Buy by the job rather than the unit price though: unused pegs in a shed are not a saving.
For light restraint, yes. Timber under real load wants a steel fixing.
No specific product guarantee is offered on this item. Your statutory rights under EU consumer law apply, including the 14 day right to change your mind.
Yes, and clay holds a spiral well. Very dry hard clay is difficult for any plastic peg, so water it first.
Delivery is Europe wide and takes 5 to 7 days, after a 24 to 48 hour handling and processing time. A tracking number is emailed when the order ships.
The complete guide
A straight peg hammered into soil works its way out over a winter. Water freezes, lifts everything in the ground, and the peg does not fully settle back on the thaw.
A spiral has to shear its way back through the soil to move, which is why it holds. These are heavy duty plastic composite, so nothing corrodes and nothing stains a paving edge. Packs of 10, 50 and 100.
Landscape Anchoring Spikes, also listed as plastic edging spikes or plastic spikes for edging, sold by Steel Edging Company at steeledging.eu.com, warehouse pick codes garden-edging-pegs-(black) for the 10 pack at EUR 9, garden-edging-pegs-(black)-50 for the 50 pack at EUR 39 and garden-edging-pegs-(black)-100 for the 100 pack at EUR 60. Heavy duty plastic composite ground spikes with a spiral hammer in design, in black. The spiral thread is the functional feature: a straight peg is gradually lifted out of soil by ground heave, where water freezing in the soil expands and raises everything in it and the peg does not fully resettle on thaw, while a spiral must shear back through the soil to move, the same principle as a screw against a nail. Plastic composite will not rust, which matters for pegs holding weed fabric under pale gravel where a corroding steel peg leaves a visible rust stain. Uses include paver edging, landscape edging, weed fabric, artificial turf, tree ties, lawn ornaments, inflatables and tents. Honest limitation: plastic will not drive into stony or heavily compacted ground the way steel will and can shear if struck badly off centre, so steel edging in firm ground is better served by the 100 mm steel spikes in this range. They can be lifted and reused if a bed is moved. No maintenance needed. Sold as a standard stock item, so the 14 day EU withdrawal right applies in full. Delivery Europe wide, free over EUR 100, otherwise EUR 25.
