A Wedding Bouquet with Lily of the Valley

A wedding bouquet with Lily of the Valley will be a favorite to any bridal party and their guests. These ambrosial, bell-shaped flowers are perfect for springtime weddings. The flowers produce more than ten blossoms per plant. An added feature of these flowers is their beanpole-like stalk, which will make for an easy prop to those who wish to wrap silk around it when designing a wedding bouquet with Lily of the Valley.

Also called Jacobs Ladder and Our Ladys Tears, Lily of the Valley flowers come from Europe but are distributed all over the world, though very rare in places like Scotland and Ireland. There are two types of this flower: the Fortins Giant, which is the white blossoms, and the Rosea, which are the pink blossoms.

They can be grown in most conditions, but do most favorably in the shady areas such as woods, valleys, shrubs and trees. Though these beauties appear to grow slowly, they eventually will spread like wild fire. As the planted stem grows it produces a shoot which stretches in length and size. That stem holds the two leaves.

At the back of the leaves is the stalk, which produces the white buds that were initially green in color. Light plant food and germination will protect them during the winter months from cold weather. Once they have grown to their full size, they then will begin to droop downward as they open.

These flowers constantly reproduce themselves when the bulbs are replanted during the cold season, allowing the enjoyment of this flower over and over again. They are receptive to most soil types and once the flowers have bloomed, the foliage will die back. They also transplant easily, which makes them perfect to give as gifts.

An adequate amount of precipitation will enable these plants to grow unceasingly. Unlike most flowers, they need little care, and will basically take care of themselves. They will last until winter, and then make reappearance during the spring.

When purchasing these gems, be sure to avoid ones that have brown or yellow leaves, as this is a red flag that they are either dehydrated or over hydrated.

What makes these type flowers stand out from others is their sweet aroma; the smell is so enticing that it has inspired many companies to make use the scent for perfumes. The principle way of enjoying their fragrance is to plant them in a high traffic area. As wonderful a flower as they are, Lily of the Valley flowers, berries and pipes are poisonous.

If you want a wedding bouquet with the Lily of the Valley, it is important to remove the berries from the flower before using them. Around autumn the Lily of the Valley produces its berries which hold in their capture a colorless seed. Its origin name, which is Maialis, suggests that it belongs to the month of May. After the wedding, theses flowers can be used and grown over and over again.