April showers bring May flowers. Tell about some spring flowers.
I’d like to say a few words about wonderful forest flowers lilies-of-the-valley.
I know some interesting facts about them.
Lily-of-the-valley can live for decades in cool climates, but doesn’t survive for long in hot weather.
Lily-of-the-valley can reach 4 to 8 inches in height. Under optimal conditions, it quickly spreads and forms large colonies.
The flower is delicate and beautiful, but can be poisonous when ingested causing abdominal pain, blurred vision, drowsiness, and reduced heart rate.
Lily of the valley blooms during the last spring month May. Flowers emit strong, sweet scent which attracts bees, responsible for the pollination of this plant.
Lily of the valley is not “true” lily. Despite its name, it actually belongs to the asparagus family.
France celebrates Lily-of-the-Valley Day on May 1.
Lily-of-the-valley is a popular ingredient in perfumes and other cosmetics.
My family and I went to the forest last week. We saw lots of lilies-of-the-valley. There were up to ten flowers on one stalk. I love this spring flower very much.
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Nata Sakovska
I like it in perfumes.
Irina Bekreniova
My mom liked perfume ‘”Silver Lily-of-the-Valley”. Good childhood memories
Jo Ann Pfeil Zerfoss
So lovely & delicate, both the flower & the scent.
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Lexi Vallone
I like them because you can be walking in the forest on a warm morning and out of nowhere there are lilly-of-the-valley looking lovely. Nice.
As for me it is a very beautiful flower but you must be careful with this flower because it is poisonous. What is more, this flower is in the Red Book of Ukraine. Lilly-of-the-valley is one of my favourite spring flowers.
Lilly-of-the-valley is a beautiful flower and has wonderful aroma. My favorite spring flower is a violet. The Violets may be of various colors: violet, blue, yellow, white or creamy, some are two-colored. Flourishing is often abundant, and usually occurs in the spring or summer.
I found some more facts about this flower. Lily-of-the-valley is a perennial plant that can survive many decades in areas with cool climate. It is used in the cosmetic industry for the manufacture of perfumes. Lily-of-the-valley was often used for the preparation of wedding bouquets during the Middle Ages because it symbolizes modesty, chastity and purity. Lily-of-the-valley also signifies “return of happiness”. My favorite spring flowers are Irises.
I have found a few facts about this flower.
Legend says that Lily-of-the-valley sprang from Eve’s tears when she was exiled from the Garden of Eden.
It’s a wedding-bouquet favorite.
Its scientific name majalis or maialis, means “of or belonging to May,” so if you were born in that month,
Lily-of-the-valley is your birth flower.
Lily-of-the-valley can live for decades in cool climates, but doesn’t survive for long in hot weather.
It became Finland’s national flower in 1967 and was the floral emblem of Yugoslavia. France also celebrates La Fête du Muguet (Lily-of-the-valley) on May 1.
Famous British rock band Queen has a song devoted to the bloom.
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Very interesting information. In one of the films I saw a bride with lily-of-the-valley bouquet. Thank you very much, Veronika. You did a great job!
I like this flowers and what is more my granny grows lilies-of-the-valley. I’d like to share some information I’ve found out about lilies-of-the-valley. It is supposed that Lily-of-the Valley symbolises the return of happiness, sweetness and a feeling of contentment.
Convallaria majalis is highly toxic to both humans and animals if it is eaten.
The Lily of the Valley has been the national flower of Finland since the late 1960s and used to be the floral emblem of the old Yugoslavia, which was dissolved in 1992.
It is a very beautiful flower, but there are some minuses. It is poisonous and it quickly spreads and forms large colonies. My granny grows them and she loves them very much.