How To Plant Lily Of The Valley Corms. Use a sturdy trowel or bulb planter to dig a hole to the recommended planting depth and drop the bulb in making sure that its facing the right way up. Plant your Lily of the Valley with the tops barely poking above the soil surface about 4 apart.
Water the pips and surrounding soil thoroughly at planting to settle soil around the roots and encourage establishment. Either right after the flowers have faded or in the autumn dig up some of the rhizomes in a lily of the valley patch. Dig a hole twice the width of the rootball and the same depth.
Cover the bulb with soil and gently firm the earth around the bulbs to fill any pockets of air.
Dig up the small rhizomes called pips. Avoid treading the ground afterwards as this may damage the bulb growing tips as the soil settles. 2 inch 5 cm Planting Distance. Codes 14 Lily of the Valley pips KB6698 28 Lily of the Valley pips KC1409 7 Lily of the Valley pips 16917 How to Grow.
