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 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Erosion control
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
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
  • Pink Lily of the Valley
  • Lily of the Valley
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Convallaria majalis
  • Synonym: Convallaria majalis var. rosea

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 04/04/2017
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 04/04/2017

Date: 2017-05-06
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-04-24
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-05-25
Location: Maine
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 04/04/2017
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 04/04/2017
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: 43016
Date: 5/16
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: JBsPlants at Roblyn Farm, New Jersey
Date: 2014-05-12
Young plants with pink beginning to show.
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Date: 2015-05-04
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-21

Photo Courtesy of Busse Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2021-04-26
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis 'Rosea') the growth of th
Location: Swanton Vermont
Date: may 2023
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-21
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Comments:
  • Posted by Permastake (Toronto Ontario Canada - Zone 4b) on Oct 10, 2021 4:47 PM concerning plant:
    The pink Convallaria just appeared in my Toronto Ontario zone 6 garden one year on its own. Only the white Convallaria had been planted. A nice surprise. Wish I had marketed it then.
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aspenhill On May 10, 2014 Obtained plant
Baltimore County MG Plant Sale - qty 2; FSB
aspenhill On April 19, 2014 Obtained plant
Merrifield Garden Center - qty 2; HSG Area 6
MrsBinWY On January 20, 2018 Seeds sown
WS 3 seeds (all) from ishareflowers
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