• Eventual Height: 0.2m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.25m
lily-of-the-valley

Convallaria majalis var. rosea

lily-of-the-valley

size: bare root plant   available to order from autumn 2012    

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  • Position: partial or full shade
  • Soil: leafy, fertile, humus-rich, moist soil
  • Rate of growth: fast-growing
  • Flowering period: May
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    Pendent, pale pink flowers, with flaring, pointed tips, open from the base of the graceful racemes. Plant it in drifts under deciduous shrubs, or allow it to creep through the front of a shady border.

  • Garden care:Plant rhizomes 5-8cm deep and 20cm apart. Divide and replant congested colonies in September, applying a generous mulch of composted leaf mould around the base of the plant.

  • Eventual Height: 0.2m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.25m
Convallaria majalis var. rosea - lily-of-the-valley A rarer, pink form of the much loved lily-of-the-valley