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lily of the valley
i inherited a patch of lily of the valley, only a few flower though seem to have a lot of large leaves with no flowers,i bought a pack reduced from b and q and planted quite shallowly with what i think were shhots upwards,hoping these flower ok next year these in different place
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Another post advised that they should be planted in pots, allowed to establish then plant out.
i took that advise and it worked, plenty of flowers this year
I potted up some bare root ones a few weeks ago, and was going to put them under a tall hedge on the drive, it is very shady under the hedge especially as the leaves are all out now. Will it be too shady under the hedge?
They like a shady area, its where they grow naturally. Perhaps they're new plants so not that established roots wise, or maybe they're too crammed together and need digging up to space out. I did this with mine early in the spring and it did stop them flowering a bit this year but they grow quickly and I'm expecting better results next year
Thanks
new ones looked to have plenty of roots planted in shady area i plan to plant lilac there too, it's existing ones,why so many leaves and so few flowers?
Perhaps it was all the rain? Made lots of root growth but stopped the energy going into making flowers