General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 6-12''
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Erosion control
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: All parts of plant are poisonous.
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Self
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Striped Lily of the Valley
  • Lily of the Valley

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Location: St Louis - MoBOT

Date: 2018-05-15
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2020-05-06

photo by: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: St Louis
Date: 2010-05-02
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2019-06-12
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-05-06
In shade

Photo Courtesy of Shikoku Garden Inc.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-05-13

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