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Asparagaceae
May-lily
Maianthemum bifolium
Also known as Unifolium bifolium var. canadense, Convallaria tetrapetala, Smilacina cordifolia, Canada mayflower
Native Plants · Woodland Plant · Groundcover · Shade Loving · Rhizome · Forest Floor · White Flowers · Spring Bloomer · Native Perennial · Low Growing · European Wildflower
May-lily is a charming, low-growing woodland groundcover that prefers shaded or dappled-light conditions with consistently moist, humus-rich soil. It spreads slowly by rhizomes to form attractive carpets under trees or in shaded borders. Keep the soil evenly moist and mulch well to retain moisture and mimic its natural forest floor habitat.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged; never allow to dry out completely · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Inner Mongolia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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