disclosed is an improved mounting assembly for securely supporting elongated items against a surface . the assembly includes a device to attach at least one elongate object to the mount , a spring section , and a mount section . the mount section is in the form of a rectangular fir tree mount . the rectangular fir tree mount has a tapered tip and a generally rectangular shape . the center segment of the rectangular fir tree mount includes a number of curved branches . the spring section includes flexible springs extending downwardly from the mount . the flexible springs provide tension and resistance when the mount is inserted into a supporting surface . the flexible springs and the branches allow the rectangular fir tree mount to be utilized on panels of varying thicknesses .