Lily of the Valley - Toxic

Lily of the valley 

Another of those ornamental plants, often you’ll find in parks and gardens. It’s not one I’ve  come across yet in the wild, but it is out there.

Lily of the valley is your lookalike for wild garlic, so the differences are smell! If it smells of garlic, it’s garlic, if it doesn’t smell of garlic, it’s not garlic.

ID features for lily-of-the-valley

• Long spare shaped leaf

• Two leaves growing from one stem with a reddish sheath at the bottom

• Flowers are small, bell, shaped and white (or pinkish) growing down one side  the flower stem

• Produces a red berry from each flower.

If you’ve got all of these features, it’s likely you have lily-of-the-valley don’t eat it!