17 Review (s)

  1. Natalia BUDNIK, Lipetsk.

    And you will have a bouquet of lilies of the valley in winter!
    In mid-October, for future forcing, I carefully dig out the rhizome of lilies of the valley.
    I select segments 10-15 cm long, which have rounded blunt tops (the spiky ones do not have the beginnings of inflorescences).
    I put them in plastic bags, which I store on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator (at a temperature of + 1 + 3 degrees).
    Three weeks before the desired flowering period, I take out the rhizomes and plant them (vertically deepen them) in pots with a diameter of 10-15 cm. In this case, the flower buds should be at the level of the soil. To make the flowering more lush and decorative, I send 10 pieces at once to one container. At first I put the pots in a dark and warm (+ 25 + 27 degrees) place.
    And as soon as sprouts appear, I transfer the lilies of the valley to a room with a temperature of + 18 + 20 degrees.

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  2. Anna ROMANOVA, Orekhovo-Zuevo

    In September, it's time to plant lilies of the valley. These unpretentious flowers grow better in shade or partial shade, but they don't like it under trees. The width of the row spacings when planting rhizomes is kept at the level of 20-25 cm, the distance between plants is 3-4 cm, the planting depth is 2 cm from the sprout to the soil surface. Lilies of the valley prefer the land that is moist, rich in humus.

    Next to them in the spring I sow legume seeds to enrich the substrate with nitrogen. In September, the legumes are cut off, but the roots remain.

    Although lilies of the valley are frost-resistant, for the winter I lightly sprinkle them with fallen leaves as a safety net, which I carefully embed in the soil around the plantings in the spring.

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  3. Ludmila STASOVA

    These fragrant flowers have moved to my site from neighbors. At first I liked their clearing. But when the lilies of the valley began to drown out the aquilegia growing in the neighborhood, the alarm sounded. Several times during the season I dug up the plot with the aggressors, manually collecting the roots, but in the spring they appeared practically out of nowhere.
    On the advice of a neighbor, in the fall, before the start of frost, she sowed seeds of perennial lupine along the edge of lily of the valley thickets (it is easier to control, the annual grows rapidly). In the spring she watered it regularly, then stopped watering - the plants have enough natural precipitation. I fed them, like other crops, with complex mineral fertilizers once a month.

    In the second year, the lupine matured: it bloomed and did not let the lilies of the valley come close to it. Although they chose their roots for a long time, loosening the soil between the shoots of the "guard". He copes with his task perfectly. And if it encroaches on a large territory, it is easy to remove it, simply by cutting down the roots with a hoe. So we live: lupine does not allow lilies of the valley to grow, and I - lupine.

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  4. Natalia ANDREEVA

    To transplant to a new place, I dig out the rhizomes of lilies of the valley in August.
    I go to the garden with a pitchfork - when digging, they damage the plants less. I choose sprouts with fairly dense buds, at least 6 mm. Immediately I plant them in prepared holes 10-15 cm deep. The distance between them is 10 cm, between the rows - 20 cm. So that the roots do not bend, I must straighten them. After planting, I water the lilies of the valley abundantly and mulch with peat in a layer of 2 cm.

    Since the plants quickly conquer new territories, I thin out the plantings in a year.

    For distillation
    When sorting the rhizomes of lilies of the valley, I always select several pieces for distillation, because it is so great in winter to breathe in the enchanting aroma of delicate flowers growing in a pot on the windowsill.
    I take the rhizomes with large flower buds - their tops are slightly rounded. The buds, from which the leaves are formed, are sharp. I tie the planting material into bundles, put it in water for a couple of hours, then wrap it in wet sphagnum and film. Until distillation, I store it on the bottom shelf in the refrigerator.
    In order not to miscalculate the flowering period, I count three weeks from the desired date - this is how much time will take the whole process from moving from the refrigerator to the appearance of the first buds.

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  5. Oleg Grigorievich KOZHUSHKO, the city of Skadovsk, Kherson region.

    When I planted lilies of the valley in the courtyard, I chose a place for them so that additional moisture would come to them from the air conditioner. I lengthened the liquid outlet tube, and these drops of water go to the lily of the valley. And so that the drops would not sharpen the soil in one place, I installed a plastic wide and shallow container with holes on the ground. Drops fill the tank, go through the holes and spill. Also, from dripping water from a height there are splashes and it turns out something like irrigation-shower.

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  6. Nicholas

    Recently, I have been planting shady corners of my garden with lilies of the valley. A simple way to propagate the plant is by dividing the rhizomes in August-September. The neighbor shared the planting material. I just had to prepare the grooves on the pre-fertilized area where I planted sprouts with roots at a distance of 10 cm from each other. Between the rows, he kept a distance of 20-25 cm. After planting, he watered and mulched the plants with peat.

    TIP: Lilies of the valley quickly fill the territory, so I thin out the plantings after a year.

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  7. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    Lilies of the valley - infrequent guests in flowerbeds. Many consider them too simple. Although garden forms with double flowers, variegated leaves, flowers of soft pink color are not inferior in beauty to other inhabitants of flower gardens. But I believe that it is worthwhile to plant these plants because of their amazing aroma, which will fill your garden in May.

    Seeds of lilies in the spring are sown in April-May, in autumn - in September-October. But it is easier to propagate the plants by dividing the rhizomes: I plant the seedlings into the soil on 1 –2 cm at a distance of 10 cm from each other (the distance between rows is 25 – 30 cm). Keep in mind that during the spring planting lilies of the valley will bloom only in the second year.
    When planting and growing need to consider a few important points.
    Lilies of the valley prefer light penumbra, which my plants give openwork tops of trees. The site should not be swamped. But in a drought, I regularly water the flowers.
    From the soils, light loams with good air and water permeability are optimal. Before planting for 1 -2 weeks under a deep digging, I make compost or humus (10 kg per 1 sq. M), superphosphate and potassium sulfate (100 g and 40 g on 1 sq. M). Mulch plants with peat. Next year, in April-May, you can feed a solution of mullein (1: 10). Lilies of the valley do not tolerate alkaline soil, prefer a slightly acidic. In my family, they love karkade tea, which I sleep tea leaves in a bed of lilies of the valley. The result is amazing: flower brushes on bushes with such dressing are two to three times more abundant than on other specimens.
    Do not bring ash under the lilies of the valley, eggshell, dolomite, lime - everything that gives an alkaline reaction.

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  8. Tamara Ivkovic. Bereza

    In the forest near the house grow lilies of the valley. I want to transplant a couple of bushes on my site. Will they get on? And when is it better to do this?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      -Landysh - a plant unpretentious, should take root. It is better to start the transplantation, when only the leaves of the leaves are just showing up from the ground. Dig out the bush in the evening, after preparing the landing hole and filling it with humus. Deepen the way it grew in nature. After planting, for best engraftment, pour water solution of "Zircon" (2 drops / l of water).
      It is very simple to take care of a lily of the valley: two TWINS FOR SEASON AND TIMELY TIME.
      On my site, he perfectly coexists with hydrangeas, hosts, roses and ferns. But I know that the plant can grow rapidly. It can be prevented by digging a plastic border along the edge of the bed. When the lily of the valley is overflowing the whole space, it is worthwhile to thin the territory and transplant surplus.

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  9. Lilia Evgenievna BUBNEVICH

    Recently acquired a very interesting planting material - the seeds of lilies of the valley. How to sow them correctly, what growth conditions should be provided, and how quickly can I see flowering?

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    • Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

      Lilies of the valley give us not only beautiful flowers, but also the aroma that is felt throughout the garden when they bloom. Propagating this plant with seeds is a rather troublesome affair that does not always end successfully.

      Most often, and even easier, it is propagated by pieces of rhizome, which grows so quickly that you will not have time to notice how the lily of the valley will capture the entire garden.

      But if you still want to try seed reproduction, then you must have patience and seed material, since only a fifth of the seeds sown are planted. In addition, they quickly lose their germination, so long-term storage is out of the question.
      Seeds are sown under the winter in the open ground to a depth of up to 2 cm. Even in the most favorable place of growth and with careful flowering, bloom can only be expected at 5-7-th year. In spring, when the seeds are awakened, sprouts with two or three scaly leaves begin to form on them. The first year of life, lilies of the valley completely develop under the ground.

      Only the next year one green leaf is formed.
      The place of growth should be chosen in the shade of trees or shrubs, where there will be enough moisture, but without excess. The soil is desirable fertile, light in texture.

      It is good to use nitrogen-containing fertilizers and rotted manure as top dressings. Another important point in growing lilies of the valley is fencing the place of their growth with slate or other durable material, since the rhizome spreads around the site very quickly, and the plant becomes a weed.

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  10. Anton GORYANSKY, Togliatti

    Every 25 February I give my wife a bouquet of lilies of the valley. I excavate the rhizomes of lilies of the valley in early November, when the leaves are already dying, but the curtain is still easy to find. The rhizomes are sorted out, leaving the buds with the embryos of the flower arrows. To distinguish them is easy: these buds are plump, with blunt vertexes looking straight up.

    Leaf buds are thin, with a pointed, slightly curved apex; I return them to the ground. The selected flower buds with fragments of rhizomes are placed in a mixture of wet peat and sphagnum moss and sent for storage in the basement. The best temperature for a dormant period is 5-10 °.

    Also, from autumn I harvest moss, it will be needed for distillation.
    I kick off the days for 25 before the holiday. First, I arrange a warm bath for the rhizomes: I place them in 30-degree water for half a day (as I cool down, I add warm water). Then cut the root tips to 10-15 cm.

    At the bottom of the pot I pour some land. I collect a handful of rhizomes, placing the buds close to each other, I bundle this bundle with string and put it in a pot on the ground.
    Free space is filled with a mixture of peat and sliced ​​moss so that the kidneys are on the surface. I pour and cover with moss and a dark film. When the flower arrows appear, I take the film off, and I move the pot to the window sill, but I obscure it with a curtain. In the light dusk, lilies of the valley are revealed in all their glory.

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  11. Lilia PETROVSKAYA

    Lilies of the valley
    In October I plant garden lilies of the valley (by dividing rhizomes). The site for them I choose in a shaded or semi-shadowed place. I plant the rows in the grooves, keeping the distance between the plants 10 cm, and between the rows - 20-25, see the depth of the furrow should be such that the roots are placed vertically, at full length, and the shoots were buried in the ground at 1-XXUMX. These spring primroses can be grown no more than 2 years.

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  12. Elena URYAMTSEVA, Petrozavodsk

    If you want to plant an elegant and delicate lily of the valley in your garden, it is best to do this in September or October. The plant is easily propagated by modified shoots - rhizomes. The soil before planting needs to be loosened and enriched with organic matter, and then planted parts of the rhizome to cover with soil 2 cm.
    It is important to know that lilies of the valley do not get along with every plant. The rhizomes and roots of this flower are powerful, they grow almost 40 cm in depth, and they must be limited by digging in a border. Because of this feature, flowers with a shallow root system, such as a tenacity or a catchment, will be ideal neighbors for lily of the valley. Together they will look great, for example, along the tracks.
    Lily of the valley is a wonderful groundcover that serves as a living mulch and prevents weeds from growing. It is unpretentious - so that it decorates your garden, it’s enough to create conditions close to natural: moderate shade, protection from strong winds by a hedge or fence, sufficient humidity. From time to time it will not be amiss to fertilize the flowerbed with humus. It is also important to protect the flower from gray rot and enemies in the form of a sawfly and nematode. Affected plants, as well as weed grass must be removed and burned.
    By the way, cut lilies of the valley can not be put in one vase with other flowers. For plants (except forget-me-not), the lily-of-the-valley neighborhood will be fatal.

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  13. Valentina GROMOVA, Vladimir region

    It is difficult to find a plant competing in grace with a lily of the valley. It would seem-a few small flowers-cups, a leaf, and come up with something more perfect!
    Garden lilies of the valley are slightly larger than wild ones, but they do not differ much from forest counterparts in appearance and features. They do not like bright sunlight and drought. Grow best in the shade of trees, on wet,
    slightly acidic soils. They live in one place for decades, but can capture new areas with creeping rhizomes. You can enclose a site with lilies of the valley with sheets of slate or iron, deepened by 15-20 cm - this depth is enough, since the rhizomes and root system of plants are superficial. As a top dressing, it is enough in the spring and at the beginning of summer to sprinkle humus.

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  14. Svetlana Ivanovna

    In September, it's time to transplant lilies of the valley. Plants are excavated with garden pitchforks and gently divide their rhizomes into parts. The resulting lines are planted at a distance of 10 cm from each other. If the young lilies of the valley are very small, they should be planted at the same distance into the grooves, leaving 30 between the rows.

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  15. Tatiana NIKONOVA, Moscow

    Winter lilies of the valley
    Many spend the winter forcing daffodils, hyacinths, muscari, tulips. But if you reserve your planting material from autumn, you can please your loved ones with unusual flowers for the winter-lilies of the valley.
    For forcing more suitable garden lilies. It will also require moss sphagnum. Collect a few handfuls on any swamp, carefully dry and hide until winter. Rhizomes of lilies of the valley excavate in October, selecting for subsequent distillation those areas in which the kidneys have embryos of flowers. These kidneys have a rounded shape, a dull vertebra, look straight up. Of the thin, pointed, bent sideways buds will only grow leaves. Place the selected rhizomes in moistened peat.
    Lilies of the valley require a period of rest, so with the onset of cold weather boxes with rhizomes take out on the street or in the room (on the veranda, balcony).
    Return the lilies of the valley to heat for 20-25 days before flowering. To the fertile soil, mix a little finely chopped moss and plant 10-12 plants in each pot into this substrate. The kidneys should be on the surface. From above, 3-4 cm of pure moss is laid. Then cover the pots with a black film and put them to the battery for a good warm-up. Twice a day, moss should be moistened with warm water. After the formation of the flower arrows, remove the darkening and expose the pots to light, but not under direct sunlight.

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