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Convallaria majalis Bordeaux

Common name: Giant Lily of the Valley

-20°C and below
Good Cut Flowers
Scented
Good for Pollinators

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Bare Roots
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just £20.00 each
2 for £28.00
just £14.00 each
3 for £36.00
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Larger than the traditional varieties of Convallaria, majalis Bordeaux produces up to 15 large, highly scented, bell-shaped flowers per arched stem. Looking lovely nodding in the late spring breeze above the green, fluted foliage and they quickly naturalise, forming clumps and filling your garden with fragrance. Tiny orange berries follow. In the language of flowers, Lily of the Valley signifies the return of happiness. Once used as a liquor and smeared on the forehead to improve one’s common sense, it is also said to improve the memory. Often worn on 8 May each year, in Helston, Cornwall, to welcome the summer and now it has become tradition in France to sell Lily of the Valley on international labour day, 1 May. A favourite amongst florists, Convallaria make excellent cut flowers for bouquets, or your home so you can also enjoy the scent indoors. Convallaria are rabbit and deer resistant, easy to grow and trouble-free creating clumps of weed-suppressing groundcover in both border
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Key Information
Latin Name Convallaria Bordeaux bare root 15 bunch
Common Name Giant Lily of the Valley
Hardiness H7 (-20°C and below)
Colour White
Format Bare Roots
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Height in Maturity (m) 0.30
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.50
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam
Aspect East-facing, North-facing, West-facing
Scented Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for Rockeries Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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