When I first saw them, I saw them as "bending over" & thus immediately nicknamed them the "bend over flowers". It wasn't until years later that I learned [read: decided it was important to find out what] they're really called Lily of the Valley. (Click here for a link to Amazon for 6 plump Lily of the Valley plants.)A fully grown Lily of the Valley plant looks even more so to be literally "bending over" as the flower turns to face out like a megaphone right as it meets the stem.
We really didn't have these in our yard; there may have been one or two, yet none in much of a purposeful fashion. I always figured this was why I'd seen them, & noticed them, yet wasn't sure much about them, including what their name was. At the same time, Mom & Dad had perennials in purple & yellow, which I always saw as a basic flower, & I never, as in, still don't, knew their name. Incidentally, or ironically, I called them "bend over flowers" not knowing their name was "Lily" & there's a Lillian in our family. Maybe I was meant to subconsciously differentiate this flower from family (who, happenchance, had a sister by the name of Rose). 😮
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