Melanthium virginicum Veratrum virginicum Virginia Bunch Flower Lily Seed
(mel-AN-thee-um  vir-JIN-ih-kum)
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Melanthium virginicum or Veratrum virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower Lily, has narrow grass-like leaves up to 20 inches long with dense, elongated, branching clusters of creamy white flowers on 3 to 5 feet tall stems.  This member of the Lily family is an elegant accent plant in the perennial garden with its large clusters of showy flowers blooming in May and June.  It grows best when planted in average to rich moist garden soil in full sun to light shade. 

Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower Lily grows wild naturally in wet areas of meadows, prairies, and savannas from Florida to Texas, north to New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa.   Liliaceae (Lily Family)

The map below shows areas where native Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower Lily wildflower plants grow wild but it can be planted and will grow over a much wider area than shown.  USDA plant hardiness zones 3 to 9. 

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Melanthium virginicum, Veratrum virginicum Virginia Bunchflower Lily Plant distribution map complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
  (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Virginia Bunchflower has large white flowers on a tall, erect stalk above broad, glossy foliage. The stalk is densely covered with fine hairs. Virginia Bunchflower Lily grows on wet prairies in the US and is a nice addition for wildflower gardens with humus rich, always slightly moist soil in a sunny to partially shaded spot

Veratrum virginicum Bunchflower Lily germination can be slow and erratic even for seed sown when it was fresh, it usually takes place within 3 - 12 months at 15°c but can be much longer. Sow the seed thinly so that it can be grown on in the pot without disturbance for the first couple of years. Give an occasional liquid feed in the growing season to ensure the plants do not become nutrient deficient. The plant produces just one seed leaf in its first year, this forms an over-wintering bulb.  It takes up to 10 years for the plant to reach maturity