Lily of the Valley Pips

I just planted a whole bunch of pips. I know they won't bloom this Spring, but will I have any plant growth? The roots were very long and hairy which I laid horizontally with the pip upright. Any advice?

Mine don't grow in direct sun. I don't remember if mine grew the first year I planted them, but any that were planted in the sun either withered away fast or didn't come back at all.

Thanks. I planted mine in shade so I don't think they'll wither from too much sun!

I planted some 7 years ago that were growing elsewhere in the garden, in a shady spot under a horse chestnut tree at the base of a small bank. They took well and were quite quick to increase, but they did take a few years before they flowered well. Every year they died back in the summer until last year, they stayed green until winter knocked them back. They have now filled the space and even grow through my Anemone nemorosa Robinsoniana, but I don't think they are damaging them. If happy they can become invasive, so be sure they are in a spot where it doesn't matter.

I would think they would choke out that Robinsoniana...I love those little things!

I have spent more on lilly-of-the-valley pips than any thing else I have.They just don't grow for me.I have put them under trees,behind buldings,some where it never gets sun,part sun,they just don't like me.I have tried to start a ground cover with them in an area that one would think would be a wright place,but no!!I have tried to make the soil condition desirable,and had my heart broken because of a lady that had them thick in red clay.If I am unsuccessful this year,I'm through. Too eager Mike

My daughter has them already established in her new house. They're all around a tree, and they're very very thick where they are. Nothing else can fit there, but they don't seem to have strayed from that area at all, unless they have and it took a long time but there aren't any straying through the grass.

I planted a few spread out in different places and I thought they all died, but a few years later I found a few finding places here and there that they like. I even found one growing many feet from where I originally planted it. Last year I spread out a few more. I didn't find them yet, except for a small cluster that I planted together. Those seem to be doing the best but they're still slow for me.

My soil is light and quite sandy, I planted them as fresh plants dug up from a semi shaded, moist area next to a fence. They started as a single row a few feet long at the base of a small slope just under the edge of the tree. They tok a while to establish but have filled up the gap between the path and the slope, which is around 3' wide or more. It is approx. 7 years now, it has only really been the last 2 years they went rampant.

This is the Anemone and you can see them at the path edge, the anemone have only just started to flower but they seem to be holding their own. The lily of the valley don't come until a bit later so the leaves won't smother them, and the anemone die back.

Look how thick your anemone are...I am so jealous!

I started with 10 'corms' or sticks as they look, only around 1.5" long 7 years ago. I grew them for a start in a tray until I made the space, they took 3 years to really start to bulk but than did so quickly. I haven't given them any special attention, they were coming up really thick this year.

Yours looks so pretty with the other woodlanders, give the time.

This is them popping up on 25th march

I planted them about a foot apart and they have filled up the gaps, amazing from some little sticks!

Do you divide them? I want mine to look like that and I HAVE had them for as long as you.

No I haven't done anything, they have been neglected! They spent their first very cold winter outside in an ordinary seed tray, I thought I would lose them but they are tough and they got a little growth on them. After putting them in the ground no attention at all.

perhaps it's the soil? Mine is acidic.