From around 2,200 B.C. , daisies were among the flowers that develop in ancient Egyptian tabernacle gardens . These garden typically accommodated an array of plants and flowers that were cultivated for their herbal and medicative dimension . The common daisy or Bellis Perennis , is a recurrent and it usually features , blank , scarlet or pink flower petal and round , green foliage . Today , there are many varieties of the daisy that are native to different land .
Medicinal
The daisy maintained a central role in the field of operation of medicine during mediaeval clock time . The name daisy come from the Anglo - Saxon " daes eage , " meaning " solar day ’s eye . " It is a verbatim reference to the program of daisy as a cure for middle trouble . King Henry VIII of England was known for his acrobatic physique in his younger years , but later in spirit , he relied on eating daisy to staunch serious stomach - ulcer pain , among many other ailments . He also suffered from gout , which daisy were remember to ease , as well as fever . From the thirteenth century , MD also applied daisies for regale wounds .
Gerbera
Besides their medicinal benefit , daisies became popular decorative bloom . Gerbera / gerber daisies or Gerbera Jamesonii are named after Robert Jameson who discovered them in 1878 . They are native to South Africa and also are called Transvaal daisies . These ray flowers typically come in a range of colour including pink , yellow , orange , red and purple , with black midpoint . Some are bicolored and duple - bloomed . The gerbera daisy has a stem of more than 1 - infantry and is worthy for slashed arrangements .
Shasta
The Shasta daisy was created by the humankind - renowned American horticulturist Luther Burbank ( 1849 to 1926 ) , who grow up on the American East Coast , but bred one C of new plants on his property in Santa Rosa , California . Burbank was to begin with inspired by the angry okeye daisies ( Leucanthemum vulgare ) that proliferate in the field of New England . In 1901 , after yr of painstaking attempt , he introduced a motley pick of Shasta daisy hybrids that ruminate the quality he sought to inculcate in the perfect white daisy with a yellow center . Since then , more than 100 varieties of the Shasta daisy have resulted , include Alaska , California and Westralia .
Gloriosa
Gloriosa daisies or Rudbeckia hirta , are magniloquent , refined peak with bright yellow petals and chocolate-brown centers . They were developed in the 1950s . They are posterity of the black - eyed Susan , which is native to North America . Plant them in your garden and watch over hummingbird , bees and butterfly drop by to savor them , too . Gloriosa daisy have long stems that make them idealistic for vase arrangements . They also are a good pick to grace the back run-in of a sunny garden .
Prophecy
No history of the daisy could be consummate without mention of its tie with love life , which is on-going . In Victorian times , it became a practice for young lady to roll the petal of daisy one by one , simultaneously enumerate , " He loves me , he loves me not . " The last petal left would be the prophetic one . It remains a pop form of fortune telling , just for play .
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