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…

Lilies of the Valley About 20 years ago I saw a stunningly beautiful arrangement of one of my favorite flowers at a restaurant. Composed entirely of Lilies of the Valley, it was small and incredibly simple. (And therefore, of course, impossible for me to duplicate.) The waitress said one of her co-workers had created it from flowers in from her yard. Lilies of the Valley Desktop Background (free) Lilies of the Valley remind me of my dad - he grew Lilies of the Valley at the house I grew…