RE: Why can't I grow Lily of the Valley?
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- Subject: RE: Why can't I grow Lily of the Valley?
- From: L* M*
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:58:27 -0500
Lily of the Valley is supposed to be hardy to zone 1 and, in fact, my
sister-in-law grows it in Thompson, MB (zone 1 or 2 depending on which book
you consult) Could I have bought a cultivar? I've never heard of one but
I could be wrong.
Your comment about Bishop's Weed make me think about a conversation that my
sister-in-law and I had last spring. I'd just determined that my second
attempt at lamium had failed and we were looking over the situation. She
jokingly suggested Bishops Weed and I said that I'm not that
desperate--yet. Maybe soon, though.
Thanks for the idea. I'm going to look into that cultivar thing.
Leslie
zone 3 southern Manitoba
At 12:21 PM 1999/04/30 -0400, Devon wrote:
>I would have thought the deep shade was the problem for your lily of the
>valley, but it must be fairly remarkably deep shade to not support a hosta,
>unless it was a fancy fussy new cultivar. I have mine in a partly shady
>location, and other than the fact that it is being smothered by bishops weed
>which I cannot eradicate despite my best efforts, it lives on and on. I
>seldom water it. It would be thriving but for the bishops weed.
>
>I'm in zone 7. Is it possible it needs a warmer climate than yours? (I
>don't know to to be the case -- I had thought it did well fairly far north
>-- I didn't check -- but I can't figure out what else the problem could be.)
>
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