Lily of the valley
Convallaria majalis
In Dutch: Lelietje-van-dalen
PerennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 15 to 30 cm
- Spread
- 10 to 50 cm per plant; the mat keeps spreading
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Partial shade to full shade
- Soil
- Moist, rich in humus
- Water
- Average: the soil must not dry out
- Maintenance
- Low: no pruning needed
- Flowers
- May and June, white
- For bees
- Yes: nectar and pollen, May and June
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- Yes: all parts, including the berries
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €0.60 to €1.10 each, as a bare rhizome
- Price, grown
- About €2.25 to €4.45 each, 5-10 cm, in a pot
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to September
- Flower
- May to June
- Fruit
- September to October