Moving clump of lily of the valley

scottishminnie

I'm looking for some advice. After numerous attempts to grow it I finally succeeded last year and both last year and this year I had a beautiful raised planter full of scented lily of the valley.

I would like to move it though as it's taking up a whole raised planter and once it has flowered I'm just left with boring green leaves. I was thinking of replanting it along a nice wall by the cherry tree.

My question is - can I do it now or is there a better time and do I just dig the whole lot up and move it? It was a gift from a good friend and I would hate to lose it so I'm a bit wary of getting it wrong.

fwor

Brings back memories of my childhood, as we used to have loads of them in our garden and the fragrance in spring is very pleasant.

If you're risk-averse I suggest you divide off a part of the planter's colony and replant that where you want it now, see if it survives in its new location and move the rest next year if it does.

IIRC they like cool moist locations and die off in hot, dry ones.

scottishminnie

Thanks -don't know why I didn't think of dividing and replanting some to see what happens.

The area under the cheery tree is sheltered but fairly moist and doesn't really get direct sunlight so it should be fine hopefully.

blossomhill_2

Lovely stuff ol' lil - this year is a bit different so anything you would usually do in autumn can probably be done now, as some plants are shutting down early as they think it is autumn