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Woodland lily-of-the-valley

Fragrant bouquets of lily of the valley, picked with their roots intact and kept in fresh moss to ensure their longevity so your can. Replant them and enjoy watrching them bloom year after year!

Woodland lily-of-the-valley
Product pictured : €27.00
Woodland lily-of-the-valley

From €27.00

The sweet scent of happiness!
Once again, Aquarelle.com brings you the freshest, most fragrant woodland lily-of-the-valley. This wild variety, daintier and with more densely packed flowers, will delight you with its sweet, intense perfume, as if you'd picked it yourself! We've left these 3, 4, 5, or 6 clusters of lily-of-the-valley in their bed of soft, green moss so that you can replant them and enjoy their scent for many seasons to come...
Each cluster contains 10 stems with its roots and a few leaves.

Your lily-of-the-valley will be delivered in a pretty natural zinc vase.

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Lily-of-the-valley in a colored vase
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Lily-of-the-valley in a colored vase

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The sweet smell of happiness in a pretty pink vase!
Aquarelle has picked the freshest crop of woodland lily-of-the-valley to accompany all your messages of good luck and happiness! Rediscover the incomparable fragrance of these springtime flowers as if you'd picked them yourself! The roots of these 3, 4, 5,or 6 clusters of lily-of-the-valley are preserved in fresh moss so that you can replant them and watch them flower again next year...
Each cluster contains 10 stems with its roots and a few leaves.

Your lily-of-the-valley will be delivered in a pretty lacquered zinc pot.

Delivery available until 3 May.

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Lily of the valley bouquet delivery by Aquarelle

Spring is fast approaching and with it, all the lovely flower varieties which nature offers us. Lily of the valley is a perennial plant which flowers during the spring in the undergrowth. Each stem is adorned with small bell-shaped white flowers which release a very distinctive, sweet scent.

To celebrate the new season as well as international Labour Day on 1 May (for which Lily of the valley is the symbolic flower) Aquarelle has created lily of the valley > scented bouquets
Wherever you are based, send lily of the valley on May 1st - a kind gesture which will always be appreciated!

Why do we give lily of the valley on May 1st ?

The tradition of giving lily of the valley on May 1st goes back to the Renaissance period. While visiting his mother Catherine de Médicis in the Dauphiné region, King Charles 14th, was offered a strand of lily of the valley by the knight Louis de Girard of Maisonforte. He therefore decided to repeat this practice each year by offering a strand of lily of the valley to ladies of the court.

Lily of the valley was only associated with Labour Day from the beginning of the 20th century. During the 40s, the Vichy regime set up Labour Day and replaced the symbol of the red dog rose, associated with the political left, with the lily of the valley. During the 30s, sales of lily of the valley soared. In France, it has become a tradition to allow both private individuals and companies to sell lily of the valley on 1 May, without the need to obtain a licence.

Aquarelle’s Lily of the valley: the story of a family tradition

Aquarelle offers lily of the valley for 1 May, hand-picked in the traditional way by about 120 flower-picking families in the Bresse forest. Once they are carefully picked, strands of lily of the valley are assembled in Mervans, a small village near Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse, which has been a traditional market for the plant for 60 years.

Characteristics of Aquarelle’s lily of the valley

Aquarelle’s lily of the valley is highly scented and is characterised by its long-lasting bloom. As an added bonus, it is hand-picked with its roots intact and delivered in soft moss, which allows you to replant it in the soil and watch it flourish over the years that follow.

How do I replant lily of the valley ?

When you buy lily of the valley with its roots intact, you can replant it in the soil outdoors. Lily of the valley enjoys being in a shady spot. You can replant it at the foot of a tree or beside a North-facing wall. Once replanted, lily of the valley propagates rapidly, so choose a spot where it can spread. Don’t be afraid to put it in damp areas where you would like to see lily of the valley grow, to encourage its proliferation.

Choose your preferred composition and send a charming bouquet of scented lily in the valley for May 1st!
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