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Convallaria majalis

Common name: Lily of the Valley, May Lily

You will bring a touch of elegance to your garden with this beautiful lily of the valley.

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

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Often seen growing in woodland areas, Convallaria majalis and one of the UK's favourite flowers. Lily of the Valley is incredibly easy to grow, naturalising to form clumps and filling your garden with fragrance. Highly scented, bell-shaped flowers, 8-12 per arched stem, nod in the late spring breeze amongst green, fluted foliage, tiny red berries follow. A favourite amongst florists, Convallaria majalis make excellent cut flowers for bouquets or for your home so you can enjoy the scent indoors too. 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 it has become tradition in France to sell Lily of the Valley on international labour day, 1 May. Convallaria majalis has been given the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society for outstanding performance in the garden.Happy in borders or containers, Convallaria majalis is rabbit and deer resistant, easy to grow and trouble-free creating clumps of weed-suppressing groundcover. Not fussy on soil conditions, although they prefer to be grown in moist soil in full or part shade. Growing to a mature height of approximately 23cm, they spread to approximately 30cm and despite their dainty appearance, thrive outside for years with no winter protection, forming underground stems or rhizomes.
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Key Information
Latin Name Convallaria Majalis bare root 15 bunch
Common Name Lily of the Valley, May Lily
Hardiness H7 (-20°C and below)
Colour White
Type Perennial
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Format Bare Roots
Height in Maturity (m) 0.25
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.30
Soil Conditions Clay Loam
AGM Yes
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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