DALSY FLOWER

DALSY FLOWRE

When someone is talking about a daisy, what specifically do they mean? Usually, they just mean a small white round flower with a round yellow or blue center. When botanists refer to daisies, they mean an entire group of plant species in the plant family called Asteraceae, which also includes aster flowers, ragweed and sunflowers. Daisies can be found in many parts of the world, including North America, Europe and Africa.

At first, it can seem that there can be as many meanings for daisies as there are species of daisies. However, the most generally accepted meanings are:

• New beginnings, which is why they are often found in bouquets for new mothers or as gifts for children.
• Purity – also shown by daisies that are as white as possible.
• True love – because each daisy flower is really two flowers blended together in harmony.
• • That the sender can keep a secret. Keeping a secret is one way a person can exhibit that they truly love another.
  • True love – because each daisy flower is really two flowers blended together in harmony.
  • The modern English word daisy comes from an Old English word that’s impossible to spell and next to impossible to pronounce. The important thing is that the Old English word meant “day’s eye” because daisy flowers only opened during the daytime.
  • “Daisy” also became a slang word for something of excellent quality, as shown in books printed in the early 1800s. Over the generations, “that’s a daisy” became changed to “that’s a doozy.”
  • In modern Paganism, daisies symbolize the sun just because they seem to appear like stars or suns.
  • • Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus) symbolizes a farewell or a departure.
    • • English daisy (Bellis perennis) symbolizes innocence. They were often paired with primroses, which is a symbol for childhood and/or moss, which symbolized mother love.