Lily of the valley in garden

BIRTH FLOWER COLLECTION (8 of 19) May - LILY OF THE VALLEY (primary flower) Lily of the Valley is not a lily, but actually a member of the asparagus family. It produces a group of small, bell-shaped white flowers with a strong, sweet smell. It has a rich history of significance across the world for centuries. This flower has been associated with motherhood, sweetness, purity, and humility. It signifies a return to happiness, likely due to it's time of bloom in anticipation of summer. Lily...

Growing up my grandmother has a large patch of lilies of the valley along her fence. I remember the sweet smell each spring and the clean and bright little flowers that looked like miniature bells. Years later when my grandmother moved out of her house I took the opportunity to transplant a few of the flowers into my own yard. My grandmother passed years ago but I still have her lilies blooming each Spring. Looking out at all the little white blossoms one day I decided to put one in front of…

Blooming lilies of the valley on the banks of a forest river. Transcaucasian lily of the valley (Convallaria transcaucasica). It is an endemic of the forests of the Caucasus. State natural reserve of regional significance “Safonova Dacha”. The profile of the reserve: biological, designed to preserve and restore the forest natural complex of the floodplain of the Kuma and Podkumok rivers. The Transcaucasian lily of the valley, listed in the Red Book of the Stavropol Territory, is especially…

Lily of the Valley bud vase