Dying Lilly Of The Valley

[Marb67]

Well folks, yet another perfectly healthy bought plant that I follow instructions and it's on it's way out. It has slowly got worse and worse over time.

Any way of reviving this please ?

[veggiechicken]

The compost is or has been very wet - looking at the green stuff on the surface of the compost.
Maybe the bulbs have rotted?

[Marb67]

Well they are to be grown in moist soil all year round which is what I gave them. The roots don't appear to have rotted.

Lily of the Valley require ground which is moist throughout their growing season. They grow in all types of ground from clay to sandy soils.

They prefer shade or semi-shade and thrive under the canopy of trees and large shrubs which provide dappled shade.

Left to their own devices they will spread easily although they can be kept in check by removing plants which have spread too far.

[Alison]

Mine always die down in the winter and come back in spring. Isn't that what's meant to happen?

[Marb67]

These started to die down around Springtime.

[Alison]

Mine only starts sprouting in the spring like most summer flowering things. If it was already through its growth cycle then sounds like it was forced and then not hardened off. Did you buy it or were you gifted and was it already in a pot or bare root?

[veggiechicken]

Well they are to be grown in moist soil all year round which is what I gave them. The roots don't appear to have rotted.

Lily of the Valley require ground which is moist throughout their growing season. They grow in all types of ground from clay to sandy soils.

They prefer shade or semi-shade and thrive under the canopy of trees and large shrubs which provide dappled shade.

Left to their own devices they will spread easily although they can be kept in check by removing plants which have spread too far.

There's a big difference between "moist" and waterlogged.
That green algae grows on poorly drained soil that receives little light.

[Marb67]

It's def quite dry, not at all waterlogged.

[mothhawk]

Well they are to be grown in moist soil all year round which is what I gave them....

It's def quite dry, not at all waterlogged.

Well, which, Marb? Moist or quite dry?

[mothhawk]

My lily of the valley flower around end of May/June time. By September all of the leaves have died down and disappeared.

[Jungle Jane]

If it was forced & it sounds like it was if it died down in spring,it will need recovery time,will it be better off planted outside in a border or should you try forcing it,put it somewhere cold & dark for a few months,then bring it back into the house? I'd just plant it outside. I forced some hyacinths last year,they say to discard them after flowering but I planted those in the border,they might not flower but worth a try.

[Marb67]

Well the roots have gone a bit red and soft. Looks like anotehr plant death for my ever increasing list. Kept in conditions as label stated.

[DannyK]

Looks ok. It looks like you've a shoot for next year. They're quite robust.

[roitelet]

Roots look fine to me but get it in the ground it will be much happier. They are only in pots for sale or to be forced.

[Gillykat]

The roots look ok to me too I've got some in large terracotta pots (a temporary home until I get my proper beds laid out over the winter) which have now died down for the colder months.