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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
  • Lily of the Valley

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Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2022-05-25
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis 'Prolificans') in bloom.
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-05-18
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis 'Prolificans').
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-05-25
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis 'Prolificans').
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-05-16
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis 'Prolificans').
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-05-02
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis 'Prolificans') in spring
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-06-13
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis 'Prolificans') fruit are
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2022-05-30
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-12-21
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis 'Prolificans') purchased

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