Re: variegated lily of the valley
- Subject: Re: variegated lily of the valley
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 02:35:50 EDT
In a message dated 7/19/02 12:05:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Blee811@aol.com
writes:
<< > you are not looking. Wherever did this plant come from? >>
I sort meant where did it orginate. One used to buy the pips in packages
from a florist. You potted them up, they grew like Topsey and gave you
fragrant flowers for a while any time in the cold months. I looked up
Convallaria and there is only one species in the garden, around eight forms
noted including a giant one. Books say from north temperate regions, no-one
is blamed for it. I guess I should be happy that I do not have the giant
form. I do not see them to buy these days at florist shops.
Seriously, this plant is now growing in two places here where it never grew
in eleven years of gardening. One is where several large shrubs were removed
and another place is where some big rocks were pulled out. I looked one day
and there it was. By midsummer there is lots of it and it is very hard to
destroy as the roots are very deep into the rock here. That it remained all
that time underground is what is surprising. This is the second garden I
have owned where I have had to remove LOTV so while you guys probably have a
nice plant, I would watch for a plain green sport and get out the round-up.
People like this plant and once I have given a big container full to someone
who wanted it - that is a patch that grows in a field by the highway. If you
want a ground cover and like LOTV, that is your plant but if you want to
plant something else where it has established itself you may not be able to
do so.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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