Home and Garden Review: Crazy for Miss Daisy

Raindrop Daisy by *S-H-Photography

“All summer she scattered the daisy leaves; They only mocked her as they fell. She said: "The daisy but deceives; 'He loves me not,' 'he loves me will,' One story no two daisies tell." Ah foolish heart, which waits and grieves Under the daisy's mocking spell.”

Helen Hunt Jackson

Mrs Florence Claridge in Daisy Hat, Royal Ascot Races, 2011

Daisies belong to one of the largest families of plants in the world, that of "vascular plants", i.e. those which circulate goodness around their systems, making up almost 10% of all flowering plants on Earth.

Daisies are found everywhere on Earth except Antarctica.

alexander mcqueen daisy print gown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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The name "daisy" is thought to come from the Old English "daes eage", meaning "day's eye", for the way in which it opens at dawn.

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The daisy family, known to scientists as Compositae, was classified in 1792 by Paul Dietrich Giseke, a German botanist and close friend of the Swedish "father of modern taxonomy" Carl Linnaeus.

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Daisies represents purity and innocence.

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A daisy is actually two flowers in one: the (usually) white petals and the cluster of (usually) tiny yellow disc petals that form the "eye".

“The Rose has but a Summer reign, The daisy never dies.”

James Montgomery

Daisy leaves are edible and can make a tasty addition to salads (they're closely related to artichoke and are high in Vitamin C).

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Medicinal properties ascribed to the daisy include that it slows bleeding, relieves indigestion and eases coughs. In homeopathy, the garden daisy is known as the gardener's friend for its ability to ease an aching back.

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If not controlled, some daisies can become serious weeds because they thrive in generally inhospitable conditions are are resistant to most bugs and pesticides.