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In hot, dry conditions,may suck sap from leaves, causing them to turn yellow or stipple.Some gardeners claim weevils are also snacking on their lily of the valley plants, but their appearance is usually brief and does not hurt the plant.

Cool winter temperatures are required to allow a proper dormancy period.The single underground rhizomes of this plant, which are known as “pips”, can be divided anytime after flowering.

The area can then be cleaned up and replanted with something else or left as is.The other method for getting rid of lily of the valley involves the use of aherbicide such as Round-up.

These two little things will help discourage lily of the valley disease issues like those that follow:can form when lily of the valley foliage is watered using a sprinkler or water stands on the leaves long enough to encourage fungal spore development.

Is a spring-flowering bulb that produces dainty little bell-shaped flowers with a heady, sweet fragrance. Separating lily of the valleys after flowering ensures the plant's energy is available for creation of roots and leaves.Divide lily of the valley...

Convallatoxin and convallamarin are two of the main toxic glycosides in lily of the valley, but there are numerous others as well as saponins, which have not been well researched and whose method of action are not fully understood.

As mentioned, lily of the valley has a penchant for spreading. The plant itself is extremely resilient and hardy, so there is no need to worry when transplanting lily of the valley.

Incorporate generous amounts of leaf litter or compost to enhance drainage and fertility. Soak them in warm water for an hour to plump up the berries and then carefully excise away the flesh.

Place hiding places, such as boards and upturned flower pots, in the garden as traps and check them early in the morning. To safely prepare the roots, first peel them and cut them into small pieces, then roast them at a low temperature for at least an...

There are many lily of the valley varieties that produce pink blooms. “Albomarginata” has white edges, while “Albostriata” has white stripes that fade somewhat to green as the summer wears on.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

Place your pots in indirect sunlight. With good soil, it can get downright aggressive and push out neighboring plants.One surefire way to get around this is by growing lily of the valley in pots.

Be careful when growing glory of the snow, however, as it may become aggressive and spread.Glory of the snow bulbs are native to Turkey. A few of the naturalized species you might find growing wild in Turkish fields include:There are numerous cultivars...

It will not do well in zones higher than 9, where it is too warm in the winter to give it an adequate dormant period. These flowers tend to spread and grow densely, but if they get too crowded among one another they may not produce as many blooms.

This fungal disease looks pretty serious, but if you catch it early, you can treat it with fungicide and it will clear up. That's why when lily of the valley has yellow leaves, gardeners start to panic – and rightfully so.Yellow leaves on lily of the...

Everyone imagined this mania would last forever, and would make every citizen of The Netherlands a rich man! People sold their houses in order to invest in the tulip markets, as a consequence the cost of living became ludicrously high.

Leaves are a great source of "brown," high-carbon material for the compost. In yards and gardens across the country, fallen leaves are treated like trash but the smart gardener gathers up this free treasure and uses it to improve soil quality and plant...

The plants spread by means of brittle underground rhizomes, and digging up unwanted plants often causes them to spread even more because broken bits of rhizomes quickly form new plants.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

This form, (‘Variegatum') displays small, bluish-green leaves with white edges. After all, it's just as attractive. Unfortunately, you may not have much control over this phenomenon.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

My husband found places he knew I would want to see and he would come and get me so we could walk straight there. I had gone to meet an old friend who had visited there a number of times.

If that's true, in today's world he would have needed an extra volume just to hold his footnotes and resource credits. And though Pliny did correctly identify amber as an exudation from trees, he also gave it many properties that it truly did not have.

I'm sure you know the feeling, I'm taken back to my high school days and a certain cheerleader.When two full moons occur during the same calendar month (if you're keeping records, you'll want to mark December 2009 as a blue moon month), the second of...

Its only drawback is that the wood is quite fragile so branches may break during storms or violent winds and if grown too close to roads and pavements the roots will interfere some day.

The story goes on that Narcissus fell in love with his sister, and when the girl died, would go to the spring, knowing that it was his reflection that he saw, but in spite of this knowledge finding some relief for his love in imagining that he saw, not...

They were friendly to man, and when they realized what the animals were doing they were determined to fight back. And he was right because he plants by the signs of the moon, and that guide has served farmers fairly well for many millennia.There are other...

And in many cases, it is not possible to extricate the invasive rhizomes from the other plants without damage. It does not like a situation that is too sunny or too hot or dry, although it is more able to tolerate these conditions later in the summer...

This staff was an important symbol that conferred immunity on the speaker in time of war, when the herald went out to speak to the armies on the battlefield. What do they mean? The name they gave it was "agallis."

Twice a day every day, the Greyhound bus ran between their town and the next one, passing by the farm. Editor's Note: This article is one of four finalists in our 2012 Spring Garden Write-off Contest.