Daisy

Bellis perennis

Taurus

Happiness

Daisies are flowering plants that like to grow in full sun and are also cold hardy.  Available in a variety of colors (Gerbera Daisy, English Daisy) and many varieties, the daisy flower is best known for its yellow center surrounded by white petals (Shasta Daisy). Daisies bloom in the summer and fall; one flower grows usually grows from a single stalk. The flowers open at dawn, and are known to attract butterflies. Plants can be started from seed or propagate through their roots and grow from 10 inches to three feet tall.  Some of the taller plants may require staking.

Daisy leaves are edible and can be used in salads. Daisy leaves and flowers have anti-inflammatory and astringent properties and have been used to make tea to treat symptoms of the common cold and issues with digestion.  It has been used as a topical tincture to speed up healing.

Daisies bloom in many colors, including yellow, red, pink, purple, white and orange, and represent happiness blooming from within us all. If you are at a place in your life where introducing sunshine and sunny thoughts are needed, daisy will help to bring the lighter emotions to you. Bring daisies into your home in any form as a representation of hope, joy and happiness. Choose the color to match your concept of your happiest self.

Daisies open to the morning sun, and those drawn to daisies will also like the morning or can make use of the morning as the most productive time of the day. You may want to consider waking before or to the sunrise to take fullest advantage of this benefit.

Some of the tallest daisies need to be stalked or supported, showing us that even those of us with the sunniest dispositions can incorporate others into our lives.  We can be supported by others to help us grow to our fullest.  Make use of daisies if you are in need of or you’d like to have better supporting relationships.

Daisies attract butterflies – a great representation of the happiness and beauty in ourselves attracting beauty to us.

Some of the traits assigned to daisies through the ages are purity and innocence (white), cheerfulness (yellow) and gentleness. The daisy is Freya’s sacred flower in Norse mythology.