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RE: Lily of the Valley



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From: 	owner-perennials@mallorn.com on behalf of Alex Teller
Sent: 	Saturday, September 06, 1997 5:40 PM
To: 	perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: 	Re: Lily of the Valley


Hello Claire,

Here is an extract from the Time-Life Plant Encyclopedia
(http://waffle.nal.usda.gov/agdb/tl_cge.html):

C. majalis (lily of the valley)

                               The delicate bell-shaped flowers of lily
of the valley perfume woodland
                               gardens in midspring, and the plant's
foliage then forms a cool green
                               ground cover or edging in the open shade
of high-branching trees,
                               vine-covered trellises or sheltered
terraces. In dense shade a carpet of
                               leaves will grow, but there will be few
flowers. The plants spread rapidly
                               by underground stems called pips. At
maturity, the plant has two
                               elliptical leaves, 8 inches long and 1 to
3 inches wide, and a wiry stalk
                               containing five to eight white 1/4-inch
flowers. In autumn the plants die to
                               the ground, but they reemerge in spring
for many years. They require
                               little or no cultivation, are rarely
invasive and tolerate urban smog.

                               HOW TO GROW. Lily of the valley is hardy
in Zones 3-8. It grows most
                               luxuriantly in the colder zones and does
best in rich, damp, acid soil. Set
                               out plants or pips in the fall or early
spring, spacing them 5 inches apart
                               and covering them with 1 inch of earth.
Although they need little further
                               care, they will continue to produce more
flowers if covered with a thin
                               layer of compost in the fall to keep them
from being heaved out of the
                               ground by frost. To propagate, dig up
rhizomes in the fall after the plant's
                               foliage yellows or in spring when leaves
emerge, divide them into
                               sections with at least one pip on each
section, and replant.

Hope this helps,  Alex

Hi Alex.....

Thanx for the information and so quickly.  I will be putting them out back in 
the shade.

Can't wait till spring and the great fragrance hits the deck each morning.

Take care,   Claire

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