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Transplanting Lily of the Valley - top green growth?
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Posted by mary_littlerockar 7b (My Page) on Wed, Jun 10, 09 at 16:32
| A GardenWeb member kindly sent me a box of Lily of the Valley. I've got them re hydrated and will be potting them up for now. Should I top by about half, their green leaves as I place them in pots?
This is the first Lily of the Valley I've ever met in person (:-), so not too sure just how to go about giving them a good start. I'm assuming they will do OK in pots for now or should I place them in a temp trench until their bed is ready?
My thanks for your time and advice.
Mary |
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RE: Transplanting Lily of the Valley - top green growth?
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- Posted by arcy mn 3/4 (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 11, 09 at 7:37
| I would not cut the leaves, and as you are preparing their bed I hope you have a containment plan. LOV's are very invasive and will become so thick you cannot get a shovel through them. Best practice is to sink a pot or metal trough and grow them in there. |
RE: Transplanting Lily of the Valley - top green growth?
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| Thank you for the advice regarding cutting the leaves. I went ahead and prepared the permanent bed and got them planted last night. They're looking strong this morning. We have a lot of heat and humidity so I'm hoping the plants won't be as invasive as they seem to be in the cooler growing zones. I did, however, prepare a super bed for them, with lots of oak leaf mold and compost mixed into well worked garden soil. I planted them in a raised bed underneath the overhang of a very large Azalea that will provide dappled shade. I'm hoping they like the location. If they go absolutely crazy and I'm not able to dig them out, I'm not reluctant to paint Roundup on each leaf or screen them off and spray Roundup to keep them within bounds. This is a new plant for me and I'm excited to see how it does here. Mary |
RE: Transplanting Lily of the Valley - top green growth?
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| IF they start to overwhelm you watch for them in early spring. I find their new runners and just pull them up like I do any weed. Sometimes I get an entire run of shoots other times just the green I pulled. I have a shade garden that is well watered. By "weeding" them each spring I have not had any trouble with them becoming too thick. Try doing a search here on them and you will find many past posts on others' experience. From what I have read here, I have the least issues with them. |
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