page_title: Lily of the valley
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Lily of the valley / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: Convallaria majalis cv. Plena
context_page_description: Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis, sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.
  Due to its dense content of cardiac glycosides, it is highly poisonous if consumed by humans or domestic animals.
  Other names include May bells, Our Lady's tears, and Mary's tears. Its French name, muguet, sometimes appears in the names of perfumes imitating the flower's scent. In pre-modern England, the plant was known as glovewort, or Apollinaris.
context_section_description: Convallaria majalis is widely grown in gardens for its scented flowers and ground-covering abilities in shady locations. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. In favourable conditions it can form large colonies.
  Various kinds and cultivars are grown, including those with double flowers, rose-colored flowers, variegated foliage and ones that grow larger than the typical species.
  C. majalis 'Albostriata' has white-striped leaves
  C. majalis 'Green Tapestry', 'Haldon Grange', 'Hardwick Hall', 'Hofheim', 'Marcel', 'Variegata' and 'Vic Pawlowski's Gold' are other variegated cultivars
  C. majalis 'Berlin Giant' and C. majalis 'Géant de Fortin' (syn. 'Fortin's Giant') are larger-growing cultivars
  C. majalis 'Flore Pleno' has double flowers.
  C. majalis 'Rosea' sometimes found under the name C. majalis  var. rosea, has pink flowers.
  Traditionally Convallaria majalis has been grown in pots and winter forced to provide flowers during the winter months, both for as potted plants and as cut flowers.
caption: Double-flowered ‘Flore pleno’
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