My plantings of lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) around the yard have grown large enough that I am able enjoy great handfuls of these highly-perfumed, graceful bells in vases inside the house. Truly a heaven-sent scent! As I sit typing, this vase is next to me and I find myself breathing deeply – pleasure at every inhalation!
As well, I’ve included white bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabalis ‘Alba’) and common blue violets (Viola sororia). 
While these native violets that grow in our lawn are short, the ones in the fields can reach 6-8″ (15-20 cm) long, making them good company for the lily of the valley.
For my vase, I’ve used a heavy, cut-crystal one that I’ve had for ages and cannot remember where I got it. It is a good size, so it gets used quite often.
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In the Garden, who hosts a weekly meme to showcase what is blooming in our gardens. Wander over to see what gardeners all over the world are arranging this week.
Eliza Waters 
It would be nice to smell the beautiful fragrance of these pretty flowers. Breathe it in for us Eliza! 🌺🌺
Oh, that I will, Karen. 🙂 For the next couple weeks, it’ll be heaven!
Heavenly scent indeed and beautiful flowers !
Thank you!
What a beautiful & simple arrangement. I like the purple and white. How fun it’d be to have a blindfold hide-and-seek with your heaven scents leading to the prize!
🙂 Thank you, Micheal. Between the LOV and the lilacs, I’m in heaven lately.
I can almost smell them… so delightful! And what a beautiful combination these two. Enjoy!
Thank you, Noortje!
I just love this colour combination. Brightens my Monday morning – thank you Eliza:)
Thank you!
As a nature lover, your lovely posts and photographs are a delight…
Thank you very much!
Beautiful, can almost smell it.
🙂 Thank you!
a pretty, fresh posy. Enjoy your sweetly-fragranced home!
Thank you, Ann!
What a beautiful arrangement! It reflects the wonderful joy that spring brings. Your creation certainly brought a smile to my face:-)
Thank you, Stephanie. I’m happy that it brightened your day. 🙂
Beautiful! My pink and red bleeding hearts are looking wonderful. My white one died. 😦
Thank you, Judy. Bleeding hearts are so charming. You must buy a new white one! If you lived closer, I’d give you a big clump. 🙂
Beautiful! And I have never seen pure white bleeding hearts! Really lovely.
Thank you, Sylvia. Mine self-sow quite readily. I’ve got quite the crop these days!
I love the colors and can only imagine the heaven sent scent 💛
Lovely Eliza!
Thank you so much, Val!
Well, you know I’d be doing the same thing. Breathing in deep pleasure with every inhale and being filled with gratitude for that fragrance. I do miss those flowers. I’m glad you are enjoying them and I’m sure they are enjoying your love.
🙂 GMTA. Thanks, Mary.
What a pleasure to see and read this post. I can almost pick up the scent of the flowers!
Thank you, Belinda!
Lovely! You’ve inspired me to make my own modest bouquets with whatever I have at hand. Sometimes it’s just hosta leaves, which amazingly enough look pretty darned good 😉
Thank you, Laurie. I’m glad to inspire – the season for creativity is always open! 🙂
Very nice. Good to have the beauty and scents around.
Yes, indeed. Thank you, Jim.
I love the colors of spring!
Oh, so do I, Kathy. A thrilling time of year!
Beautiful vase and gorgeous flowers as always Eliza. When I imagine your garden I thought you would have swathes of Lily of the Valley… you don’t do anything by halves do you? We grow it too but I must confess that I don’t pick it because I sit outside and look at it every day anyway. Perhaps I should!
Even 5 sprigs in a small vase will perfume a room. I like to put them in the bathroom (small space, fills the air 🙂 Nice if you take tub baths) and next to my bed – talk about aromatherapy!
Beautiful flowers :-). I was surprised that the violets had long enough stems to put in a vase. Interesting to know that there is a long stemmed variety. They pair so well with the little white flowers.
Thank you, Myr!
That’s lovely Eliza lily of the valley and Dicentra alba with violets in a crystal vase. Really pretty.
Thank you kindly, Dorris.
So very fresh and pretty Eliza. Your white bleeding heart is such a romantic addition. I do love Lily of the Valley and it smells gorgeous as an added bonus.
Thank you, Cathy. 🙂
Lily of the valley is definitely the plant of the week! It’s also, sadly, one I can’t grow, although, I also went with a blue and white theme this week. Enjoy the beautiful scent of those lilies!
Thank you, Kris. Yes, we are opposites in terms of climate – there are definitely things to covet in each of our gardens!
Eliza! Those flowers together are so pretty! I don’t have white bleeding hearts, but I have some common violets and lily of the valley, so I will see if I can put some in a jar, thereby following your inspiration.
Thank you, Cynthia. I hope you can put a vase together, they are such a pleasure!
As always a lovely arrangement and your flowers are definitely “heaven sent/scent.”
🙂 Thanks, Dor!
Oh my all my favorites….just one of the most gorgeous arrangements I have seen for spring! Nice!
Thank you so much, Donna! 🙂
Beautiful flowers & vase! I love those colors! That deep purple is so pretty and some of them, to me, resemble butterflies, in the second picture! I love the scents & colors of Spring and the name of those flowers, “Lily of the Valley” and “white bleeding heart!” Interesting name for a white flower! Thank you for sharing! I feel uplifted and light & breezy just seeing your photos! I can just imagine how heavenly it must be to have them around your house! ❤ 😀
Thank you, Kim, glad you enjoyed them. They are very delightful!
Love, love LOVE this one Eliza! ❤ The combination of violet and whites is so delightful! Lily of the Valley are one of my favorite springtime flowers, for their scent and their sweet dainty little bells. Mine are almost finished blooming here, I gotta sniff em up while they last. 🙂
Thank you, Julie. I know that feeling to enjoy them while they last. We have a warm spell starting tomorrow and that’ll be sure to send the lilacs and LOVs over the edge, sadly. Too soon! But then, peonies are on the horizon. 🙂
Gorgeous! Mine are done blossoming, and I wish I had thought to put violets in with them!
Thanks, Lisa!
And in this quantity they look even more wonderful – definitely something for me to look forward to, hopefully in less than the 20 years you suggested!
🙂 I hope so!
Love your shots and what a clever title!
Thank you, Fi!
I can almost smell them from here. Another gorgeous arrangement, Eliza. You really have a knack for putting together artistic floral arrangements. 🙂
Thank you very much, Robin. You are most kind! 🙂
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I love bringing flowers into my cottage, but some, like my favorite sweet peas, make me sneeze! And since I don’t have a garden, if I want flowers, I buy them at the farmer’s market. A real treat, for sure!
You must have a lovely 7 1/2 acres!
Thank you, yes, I do enjoy my little bit of paradise. I appreciate your visit!
Nice shots! Lily of the Valley doesn´t grow here
No, it likes the cold in winter. But you have way more scented flowers than we do! Thanks, Maria.
What a glorious trio, Eliza. So well teamed with that lovely touch of blue from the viola. I can’t get white dicentra going here, so it was good to see yours!
Thank you, Cathy!
Lily of the Valley is my favorite scent. I had a patch back east. I have never seen white bleeding hearts before! Beautiful images and arrangement!
Thank you, Denise!
Mine are still under 30cm of snow… no signs of spring here yet.
Neither here, our snow is at least 40 cm – this photo is from May 2016. I long for spring!
All of us gardeners are longing for spring. I noticed the other day some of the daffodils are making a timid appearance where the sun melted the snow.