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Convallaria majalis |
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Lily of the Valley |
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Northern Europe and Southern Europe |
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Erect plant with a creeping habit. |
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6-12 inches |
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White, individual,
fragrant
flowers are bell-shaped, ⅜ inches wide on
nodding racemes. A single flower stalk arises
from between the paired or tripled leaves to
about the same height as the leaves. |
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Midspring |
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2 or 3 leaves, 4-8
inches long, 1-3 inches wide, lanceolate ovate to elliptic.
The leaves from “pips” i.e.a section of the
rhizome which contains a bud. . |
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If grown in full
sun, the foliage will show damage late in the
summer. |
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Hardy, vigorous
groundcover that will grow almost anywhere, but
grows best in a humus-rich, moist, well-drained
soil in partial to full shade.
Propagation is by division of the rhizomes in the
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- 'AureoVariegata' - Has leaves that are
striped longitudinally with creamy yellow.
- 'Flora Pleno' - Cream-colored double flowers which
are larger than the species.
- 'Fortin's Giant' - Everything on this cultivar
is larger than the species. It is 12-15 inches tall
with ¾ inches long flowers.
- 'Prolificans' - double flowers
- 'Rosea' - Pale pink flowers. In full
sun, the flowers fade to white rapidly.
- 'Striata' -(also listed as C. majalis 'Albistriata') - Green
leaves with thin white stripes and white
flowers.
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Occasionally orange-red
berries are produced in the fall. These are
poisonous and should be removed if young
children are present. Convallaria is derived
from the Latin Lilium convaillum, meaning
lily of the valley. |
