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1st May

tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
in Fruit & veg
Hello!  Today being the first of May, I am sending you some Lily of the Valley for good luck in your gardens this year.  It is a tradition in most European countries.  Happy Gardening!!
A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Thank you @tuikowhai34
    😊 that is so lovely. 
    My little clump of Lily of the Valley that I’ve been nurturing since we moved here nine years ago is blooming happily today. 
    Happy Gardening to you !!!

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • PurpleRosePurpleRose Posts: 538
    Thank you @tuikowhai34

    I love Lily of the Valley. I did not know though that is was for good luck. You learn something new every day as they say 😁
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    Happy Mayday. Florists are exceptionally open to sell the muget/Lilly of the valley today.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Yes, Jacqui - with social distancing of course.  Nice to see them today in the otherwise deserted market square.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Hello Purple Rose.  It is for happiness throughout the coming year and of course - luck.

    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • SkylarksSkylarks Posts: 379
    Ah, that is lovely. Good luck with your garden too  :)
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Muguet de bois ....  When I lived briefly in France, I understood it was a love gift from a young man to his sweetheart.   

    A few years ago, a friend sent me a triple gift of lily of the valley:  plants, scented soap and embroidered handkerchiefs, I thought it was a lovely idea.  The plants were no sooner established than I decided I wanted them in a different place, and transplanted them.  I must have missed some, because now I have them coming up in both places.  :D
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    If they are happy they spread really well. We have a small woodland here which is filled with them, unti of course they all get picked for the 1st of May!
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    @tuikowhai34 - that's very nice of you.  :)
    I think someone else did this a few years ago on the forum. Lovely.

    Ours is a couple of weeks away from flowering here, so it's nice to see some of the flowers. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    This was my grandmother's favourite flower,  but is hard to grow here as too alkaline. I had it in my wedding bouquet in remembrance of her.🙂
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