{"id":13478,"date":"2026-02-22T15:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/how-to-store-lily-of-the-valley-bulbs-before-planting\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:19:21","slug":"how-to-store-lily-of-the-valley-bulbs-before-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/how-to-store-lily-of-the-valley-bulbs-before-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to store Lily of the valley bulbs before planting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This question was asked by <span class=\"hubmaster_faq_author\"><br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Karen &#8211;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"hubmaster_faq_blockquote\"><p>How can I best store Lily of the Valley bulbs until ready to plant in spring when signs of all<br \/>\nFrost have gone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_13558\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/Convallaria-Majalis-Lily-of-the-valley-Pack-of-10.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13558\" class=\"wp-image-13558 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lily-of-the-Valley-375-x-500-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lily-of-the-Valley-375-x-500-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lily-of-the-Valley-375-x-500.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lily of the Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Thank you for your message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The best way to store your bulbs until planting time is somewhere cool, dry and frost-free. A shed, garage or cool cupboard is ideal. There\u2019s no need to put them in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Store them in a paper bag or tray so air can circulate around them. Avoid storing in damp conditions, as this can cause rot.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer, you can pot them up into compost and keep them in a cool, frost-free place such as an unheated greenhouse, but this isn\u2019t essential \u2014 dry storage is perfectly fine until the risk of frost has passed.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"hubmaster_faq_editor\">The Hart Family<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your message.<br \/>\nThe best way to store your bulbs until planting time.. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/how-to-store-lily-of-the-valley-bulbs-before-planting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[480,232],"class_list":["post-13478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faq","tag-480","tag-faq"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lily-of-the-Valley-375-x-500.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13559,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478\/revisions\/13559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}