Organic May Lily of the Valley seeds
1.14 €
A perennial herb of the lily family, up to 30 cm in height, The flowers are snow-white, fragrant, collected in a one-sided, slightly drooping loose brush, - a symbol of loyalty, love and tenderness.
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Lily of the Valley / Convallaria majalis
Popular names: hare ears, ravens, soapy grass, forest tongue, silversmith. Perennial herb of the lily family (Liliaceae), up to 30 cm in height.
The rhizome is thin, creeping, horizontal, with numerous small roots. The stem below is surrounded by light pink scales. The flowering stem (arrow) is leafless. Leaves (2-3) basal, large, oblong-elliptical, with arcuate veins, pointed, on long petioles, at the base with wide membranous sheaths. The flowers are snow-white, fragrant, collected in a one-sided, slightly drooping loose brush.
Corolla spherical-bell-shaped, six-toothed. The fruit is a fleshy, round, three-celled, orange-red berry, with light round-ovoid seeds. Blossoms in May - June, fruits ripen in August - September. Duration of flowering 15-20 days. It reproduces mainly in a vegetative way. A new shoot of the plant blooms in 2-3 years, after which there is a break in flowering for 2-3 years. The maximum age of the rhizomes is 42 years.