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Lily of the valley

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  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    @chicky any advice? Really want mine to do well. And hopefully spread, the bed they are in is isolated from others and so they can romp away to their heart’s content but they seem reluctant to establish 
  • StorminStormin Posts: 51
    Lovely.  I remember they always grew in my grandparent's garden and agree the perfume from them is lovely. I like how you have displayed them chicken. Mine look happy in tub at moment - did the same thing with some bluebells I brought from my parent's garden a few years ago and they flower every spring. Going over a bit now.
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    I’m afraid I just let them do their own thing @debs64, so no real tips from me.  I think they just like the soil and conditions here, as they are popping up in a few places.  Makes up for some of the things I can’t grow, no matter how hard I try .....like astrantias 🤣
  • StorminStormin Posts: 51
    Mine were growing in shade in morning but full sun later in day. SW facing garden if this helps. 
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Thanks I gave a shady spot gets some morning sun will try them there 
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    @chicky for years I couldn’t grow pinks but after some excellent advice from @Fairygirl mine are thriving and flowering for their second year! Give it another go! Good luck 
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    @chicky - that is so sweet!  I'm like Dove - I want them to be more invasive!  They just disappear.  That said, I spotted the leaves of one and another one with a few flowers from the 20 pips I planted last year.  Hopefully they will bravely try for of not world domination then domination of the shady spot they are in.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Mine have taken about 5 or 6 years of doing very little (coming up, flowering, dying down - no increase and anxiety every year that they wouldn't return) until this year about three times as many have popped up over a wider area. I'm delighted 🙂
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • StorminStormin Posts: 51
    Glad you have had success at last  LG. Surprised how many comments and advice received since yesterday re my lily of valley plants. Seems you either hate them, love them or can't get them to grow. As always plenty of advice on GW forum.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    They're not invasive here either - I suspect they spread faster in nice moist rich soil than in our dry sandy pebbly stuff.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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