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Post by wendya on May 21, 2015 11:30:00 GMT
Can someone advise me please.
My downstairs plot is a little bear where my wallflowers are dying back, would Lilly of the valley work amongst wall flowers? as was thinking i may well buy some next year, how do you purchase them tubers? are they easy to grow? just need something mixed in with wall flowers.
When would they need to be planted for next year?
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Post by Chuckles on May 21, 2015 19:17:44 GMT
wendya, Lily of the Valley like a bit of shade as they are a woodland plant. I've also found they are not particularly easy to get going either and are best planted in pots to get them into growth/developed into a reasonable sized clump and then plant out. Personally I don't think they would be suitable for what you are looking for but someone else might think differently  .
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Post by Rosefriend on May 22, 2015 16:59:52 GMT
Can someone advise me please. My downstairs plot is a little bear where my wallflowers are dying back, would Lilly of the valley work amongst wall flowers? as was thinking i may well buy some next year, how do you purchase them tubers? are they easy to grow? just need something mixed in with wall flowers. When would they need to be planted for next year? If I am going to be honest I would leave best alone wendya, - I have been trying to get rid of LOTV for over 30 years - it can take over totally. The only way would be to plant in a pot in the soil (cut the bottom of the pot off) and make sure it doesn't wander everywhere.. |
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Post by wendya on May 23, 2015 10:17:54 GMT
OK thank you for the advise, i wont bother with them then. I wonder is there another bulb i could use instead that comes out when the wallflowers are dying back, it doesnt look that bad really, probably just me as i keep looking out of my window and planning next year |
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Post by wendya on Jul 10, 2016 10:22:18 GMT
Im still thinking of Lilly of the valley, but i could put in pots in the ground, but when is the best time to purchase guys? Im just obsessed with them, I cant help myself im thinking next to my african lilly as i have just had to plant my ferns from upstairs balcony next to African lilly as all dying without light, so now planted next to Lilly with a nice wooden log next to them, thinking whenever i find Lilly of Valley to plant next to ferns  not in this pic as just planted Ferns. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 10, 2016 10:32:46 GMT
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Post by Jilly on Jul 10, 2016 11:04:16 GMT
I've only got a couple of pieces wendya, and they quite frankly struggle, I think that's the thing with Lily of the Valley it either struggles to get going at all, or it likes where you've put it and takes over & strangles everything in it's path. From what I've read the best way to get it established is to get some from someone who already has an established clump. Mine were only dry roots which I think is where I went wrong. |
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Post by owdboggy on Jul 10, 2016 14:45:16 GMT
Agree. Buy it now in pots as growing plants. And if it likes you then stand back and watch it GROW! Here it is about the same size as it was 15 years ago when we first found it. Rarely flowers for us either.
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Post by Tig on Jul 10, 2016 14:55:31 GMT
It must love where it is in our garden, it is very invasive and it takes some getting out. Ours is in the acer border and grows alongside bluebells which also love shade. It flowers but I remove it at every opportunity so it is right at the back by the fence now, it has even wandered under the fence and into next doors garden! If you want some wendya I'm happy to dig some up with roots and send it on. |
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Post by wendya on Jul 11, 2016 7:30:31 GMT
Oh my Tig, that would be fantastic, I just cant see any for sale now at all, most places saying not ready until October but do see it grows well here. Have lots in graveyard but i cant just go digging it up |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 11, 2016 9:42:18 GMT
Sorry I can't be of help, I've never grown it. Glad to hear Tig can help out wendya, |
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Post by blc on Jul 21, 2017 21:37:32 GMT
I know this is an older thread but I would avoid LOTV like the plague. They are extremely invasive. If you do use them in pots DO NOT cut the bottom out. That is how they spread. They are a rhizome. We had a beautiful quince at our other house and the LOTV darn near killed it. We had to dig down at least a foot to try and get all the rhizomes out. When we dug up the Quince to see what was going on, the roots were full of LOTV rhizomes what were choking it. Once we cleaned the rhizomes out we replanted the quince though it was only one branch, but it came back and became the beautiful bush that I liked so well. I wanted to bring it to our new home, but hubby said we could get another.
Where we had it was slightly shaded, it grew thick. My husband had bought that house before I even knew him. He worked on cars in the driveway and those LOTV withstood it all, the oil, coolant, whatever might have gotten washed off the driveway. Even after we dug it out we had to keep a close eye for quite a few years, because a shoot would suddenly appear. Be careful where you discard too because it will reroot.
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Post by Ron on Jul 30, 2017 18:39:54 GMT
I have some wallflower plants on order... thinking asters might do well with them as they flower at similar times. Have some growing in pots.
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Post by Missredhead on May 26, 2019 14:43:38 GMT
An old post but it's what I wanted to ask about..
Obviously the LOTV that I planted never came up so was wondering if it would be better to buy some ready made so to speak and put it in a big pot at the bottom of the garden.....would it be in the GCs now does anyone know?
I blame RF for putting the background of LOTV on 😂
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Post by Jasmine on May 26, 2019 17:56:21 GMT
I've never had any luck with it Missy - hope you manage to find some.
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Post by Tig on May 27, 2019 10:51:24 GMT
It grows like a weed here, I'm not sure it's the best time to transplant it but I can dig you some roots up and send it if you'd like some Missredhead? Mine is in dry shade. |
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Post by Missredhead on May 27, 2019 20:02:39 GMT
I'd love some please Tig.....I have a big spot at the bottom of the garden where the compost bin used to be...it's quite shady there so thought I'd transplant the blue bells to there and add the Lily of the Valley...
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